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Borough Council

The fortnightly meeting of the Mayor
and Council was held Tuesday evening
with all members present.
Mahlon Bennett made a complaint of
automobiles running at an unlawful rate
around Union Corner.
S. R. Leap, attorney for Penns Grove
Electric Light Co., presented a notice for
an application for a franchise published
in another column.
1t was decided that the Mayor and
Councilmen ask the Board of Freehold
ers for aid to repair roads where an appli-
cation had been made for a State road.
The lamp committee reported several
gas lights in poor condition.
Requiring curbs to be laid was discus
sed but laid over.
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The MIX Business

Having been in the milk business for
about three years and serving only pure
sweet fresh rich milk my trade has in
creased so that now | have two wagons
ssrving milk every day. If you want the
best milk you can give your orders to the
wagon men or leave them at my store.
1t J. y. LAYTON, 100 Harmony st.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Dy local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
Ihere is only. one way to cure deafness,
ana that is by constitutional remedies.
Dealness is caused by an inf1amed condi-
chian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you v a rumbling sound or Imperfect
nearing, and when it is entirely closed,
can be taken out and this
TUBE restored to its normal condition,
nearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh,
winch is, nothing but an nfamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
we viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
DeaIness Caused by catarrh) that ca nnot he on red nv
BANS Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Take Halls Family PILLS for CONSERVATION.
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A Happy Home Coming

A happy family gathering of children,
grand children and friends was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hates
last Sunday. Some have been spending
a few days there.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Enos
Hates, Mrs. Verna letters, Fred Marado,
Raymond Fetters, of New York; Harry
Hates, Miss Mildred Kases, Misses Sara
Hates, Mae Fetters and Jennie Constock,
OF Camden.
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The philadelphia Record

is offering a handsome photogravure of
Governor Wilson, of New Jersey, the
Democratic candidate for President, to all
persons who subscribe to that paper for
tour months daily, or who renew their
subscriptions for an equal period. A four
months SD absorption order costs ST., pay
able in advance. The picture is we'll
worth framing. When you subscribe,
specify whether the picture is desired.
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Are Ever At War

There are two things everlastingly at
war, joy and piles. But Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will Danish piles in any form. 1t
soon subdues tile itching. irritation, inha-
nation or swelling 1t gives comfort, in
vites joy. Greatest healer of burns, boils.
ulcers, cuts, bruises, eczema, scalds,
pimples, skin eruptions. Only 25 cents at
Johns0n's Drug Store.
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Educate Yourself

to save money by opening an account in
the saving Department OF the PENIS
Grove National Bank. 1t will earn you
8 per cent interest compound %semi-annual
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Indian Killed On TRACK

Near Rochelle, ILL.,, an Indian went to
sleep on a railroad track and was killed by
the tast express. He paid for his careless
ness with his life. Often its that way
when people neglect coughs and colds.
Don't risk your life when prompt use of
DR.. Kings New Discovery will cure them
and SO prevent a dangerous throat or lung
trouble. 1T completely cured me, in a
short time, of a terrible cough that follow
ed a severe attack of Grip writes j. X.
Watts, ~Floydada, Tex, land | regained
Is pounds in weight that l had lost.'
Quick, safe, reliable and guaranteed. SOC
and $l.O0. Trial bottle free at Johnson's
Drug Store,
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In r1emory
HI ICHHOIy
of our dearly below ed father
D

OF our dearly beloved father
LAMERT REYMER
of Pedricktown, N. j., who died July 80
1912.
Dear is the grave where our beloved
father is laid.
Sweet is the memory that never will fade
Gone is the loved one no more we shall
see,
If others forget him never shall we.
GEORGE REYMER, WIFE AND CHILDREN
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The score by innings:

n rOUI0 ny INNINGS.
Penns Grove...... l / 0 2 8 0 4 XII
Madison..".""... 0 2 0 2l0020- Z
Two base hits, Duncan, J. Rainey,
Eckman, Whitsell, H. Gibbons, Green
well. Sacrifice hits, Eckman, Hunter,
Il. Gibbons, Greenwich. Stolen bases,
Hunter, Biddle, Whitsell, 2; D. Rainey,
Stillwell, J. Rainey. Lett on bases,
Penns Grove, 5; Madison, 5. Struck out
by Greenwell IA, Glenn 4. Base on balls
off Greenwich l, Glenn 4.
Tomorrow afternoon, Highland, of Will
mington, will play here e. A good game
is assured.
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Note OF Thanks

We wish to thank our friends and
~neighbors for their assistance and sym
pathy during the illness of husband and
father. Mrs. G. REYMER AND CHILDREN
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SEMI.PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE
New Castle Improves Its Lead.
Penns Grove Wins
SATURDAYS GAMES
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

SATURDAYS GAMES
New Castle, 2; Marshallton, l. Four
teen innings.
Penns Grove, IL; Madison, Z.
Highland, 4; Fort DUPONT, l.
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ORD Office. If
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
By ROBERT KENNETH MACLEA,

BY ROBERT KENNETH MAcLEA,
formerly consulting expert OF the tariff
board.
New York, August.-The prohibltive
tariff, revised upward by the Payne
Aldrich law, permits and fosters
wholesale frauds upon the American
consumer Of cotton goods.
Less than 2 per cent of the cotton
fabrics consumed in the United States
comes from abroad, because the pro
tectlve duties have been made so high
that importation Is Improbable.
Yet fully one-third of the cotton
piece goods going over retail counters
is sold as IMPORTED" or under
names implying foreign origin.
Thls deception Is generally perpe-
trated upon the consumer for the pur-
pose Of obtaining exorbItant prices for
domestic goods.
The consumer believing the goods
are imported and knowing that the
tariff adds excessively to their cost,
pays so to 100 per cent more than a
fair price and does not suspect that
he Is being cheated.
Drains the Pocketbook.
Let US go straight to specific ex'
ample of the operation Of this fraud
Take the tariff boards cloth sample
No. Sc, described as printed dim
ity." This is a medium priced cotton
fabric known to almost every Amell-
can housewife What woman or girl
hasn't possessed a dimity dress within
the last few years? And If she went
to the cotton goods counter and
bought the material by the yard she
no doubt saw such signs as:
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
STORY OF COTTON
is A THRILLER
A Narrative That Concerns the
Welfare Of Millions.
SHOWS EVILS OF PROTECTION

Whole People Robbed by Tariff That
Rich Manufacturer May Benefit
Robert Kenneth MacLea, Consult
ing Expert Of the Tariff Board,
Shows That the American People
Are Mulcted Of $3a,CoO,COo Year.
New York, August.-Did you ever
hear the story OF cotton?
1t is as thrilling as a narrative of
adventure. 1t is as interesting as q
novel - interesting particularly be-
cause it concerns the welfare Of mil;
lions of people who wear cotton goods,
1t is interesting, because it is. the
dress of the poor, the universal sub,
stltute for wool and silk. 1t is in
teresting, furthermore, because it is
true.
The story Of cotton is the story Of q
protective tariff for the benefit Of rich
manufacturers at the expense of the
whole people who wear cotton goods.
It has been reasonably calculated
that because the cotton tariff is fixed
by the Payne-Aldrich law the AmerI-
can people are paying S2s,ooo,ooo more
every year than they should pay for
their cotton goods and that saving
Of this amount could be accomplished
by a reasonable reduction In the pres
ent duties.
The story of cotton is told by an ex.
pert, Robert Kenneth MacLea, consult
ing expert of the tariff board, in &C.
ries of articles published in the New
York World Mr.. MacLea's views are
the views of a lifelong Republican, a
friend of the protective policy of the
Republican party, but at the same
time an opponent Of tariff graft and ia
voritism. To this work Mr.. MacLea
has brought a varied experience, Gov
ering more than 20 years, In the man
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
THE TARIFF IN SUMMER DRESS FOR HOT.
WEATHER READING.

A fancy wash fabric manufactured in New
England for 9 2-S cents yard is sold by the
manufacturer at 14h cents--a manufacturing
profit Of AN per cent. less selling expenses
Of or, at most, per cent. The jobber whole
sale dlstributer) adds SA cents-a profit of
22% per cent, less selling expenses The re.
taller adds another AZ per cent, and the
American housewife gets the cloth at rs cents
cloth that in England can be bought retail
for II cents, identical in weave and quality!
WHY?
Cotton curtain scrim, found in millions Of
homes, is made in America at a cost that gives
the manufacturer ample profit, selling 1t to
the print works at cents yard. The print
works sells to the jobber at 10 13 cents, al
though It finishes the goods at a cost of 1877
cents. The jobber adds 20 per cent. laying
down the curtain scrim to the department
store at 1914 cents. The retailer charges the
American housewife 10 to 29 cents. More than
likely he advertises 1t as IMPORTED" and
sells 1t for the top price, because the tariff
is so high that the genuine imported goods
cannot be sold for less. 1t costs just as much
In England to make this curtain material, yet
the English retailer sells 1t for 1922 cents
(7h pence) a yard against 10 to 20 cents
under the American tariff! WHY?-From N.
Y. World
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
REAL IRISH DIVINITY,
10 cts.
Observation-Disclosures

We procured samples Of all Of them,
There was not one piece Of imported
goods In the lot. Investigation proved
that the store buyer had purchased
these Irish" dlmities from a Boston
jobber at 10 cents yard and that they
were made in a New England mill
Here was supposed bargain" in
a supposedly imported" fabric, on
which the retailer was taking a profit
Of 80 per cent!
This happens to be fabric repre-
sentlng the highest efficiency In Amer
ican manufacturing. 1t is a class Of
goods in which we can compete ad-
vantageously with any country in the
world. The tariff boards investiga-
lions discovered ON sample No. Sc an
American cost Of production of Z 1-3
cents yard. In all the mills inves-
tigated the boards representatives
found that the low and high costs OF
manufacture of this fabric did not
vary half a cent a yard.
Who Gets the ProHt2
The manufacturer of this American
dimity, that is sold as imported" and
"Irish." does not get the excessive
profit. In some instances the manu-
Racturer does, but here he sells to tn
jobber at 8 cents, taking only a nom.
inal manufacturing profit of two-thlrds
cent q yard. The jobber sells to the
retailer at 10 cents, a 25 per cent mar.
gin for the jobber.
In Canada, with % per cent tariff, a
cotton fabric costing 10 cents a yard
would be sold to the consumer at 12h
or sometimes at Is cents If the pat.
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tern happened to be in special de-
mand. In the United States, with its
prohibitive tariff, the retail price is al
ways much higher. The standard price
retail is Is cents for the fabric whole
sailed at 10. But when the tariff is ex
cessive-it is "a per cent on this print
ed dimity-the dishonest retailer can
get away with" the deception and
double or more than double his normal
profit by selling the domestic article
as imported" The retailer know
that he could not buy a genuine i'm
ported dimity OF this quality from q
foreign manufacturers agent in New
York for less than 151s or 161s cents
and the trade would retail this at 20
He compares the domestic and foreign
fabrics and finds the American made
is equal in every respect to the fabric
from abroad. So he says to himself
"Why not sell 1t as foreign goods at
price will make 1t attractive?"
The extent of this deception Is not
realized by the majority OF manufac
turers, but some mills-usually those
that have cried loudest and worked
most lnsistently and quietly for exces'
sive duties-have been and are parties
to this fraud by labelling their goods
or permitting them to be labeled by
their selling agents imported"
Mill Man Pockets It.
In some cases the manufacture
takes the tariff favor for his own
pocket. Tariff board sample No. "a
illustrates this. No. "a is fancy
white goods used for dress wear. Its
manufacturer encountered fair de-
mand for this material during the past
season. Table No. 1863 of the tariff
boards report shows a manufacturing
profit of 80 per cent. 1t costs to manu-
facture this cloth 1915 cents yard.
The mill refuses to sell to any one ex-
cepting the jobber, and through this
channel the cloth reaches the retailer
at 221a to rs cents a yard, The retail
err charges the consumer So to 80
cents,
For comparison take the value of the
fabric on weight. At the manufactur-
ing cost Of 1916 cents a yard one
pound of this goods 10 worth $1.23 as
It leaves the mill. When II reaches
the consumer lat SO cents yard) the
price has been boosted to 1920 a
pound.
The manufacturing cost of this
cloth in England is practically the
same as here, yet the English manu-
facturer sells 1t for 1914 cents yard,
the jobber at 1926 cents and the re-
taller at % cents.
Bear in mind that the difference ir
cost of production at home and
abroad" In this class of fabric repre-
scented by sample No. "a amounts to
nothing, but the Payne-Aldrich tariff
ON 1t equals $3.50 per cent, or 81
cents per running yard.
Fancy goods Of the type of sample
No. 81 are products of the Lippitt-Mc-
Coll class of mills The Payne-Aldricf
bill raised the duty on this cloth
from 35 to $3.50 per cent. Is 1t any
wonder that Senator Lippitt and Mr.
McColl were interested In amending
the Payne bill while it was in Senator
Aldrich's committee when such
amendments would permit them to
take a manufacturers profit Of 80 per
cent9--New York World.
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duty. On these rhroe samples tn6Tre.
duction averaged SEQ per cent ON the
former duty--R reduction from 1850
per cent under the Dingley Law 10
1904 per cent under the Payne-Al.
drich law. On one OF the silk and cot
ton samples there was an increase
amounting to 21.S8 per cent, The fifth
of the silk and cotton samples IVES left
unchanged
On the forty.hve Of the nlnety-hve
all cotton samples there was no change
In duty.
On the three remaining samples
completing the total Of 1907 no com
parison Is made because of apparent
lack Of authentic foreign prices.
Mr.. Tar Was Mistaken.
And still President Taft said in his
speech at Boston, April 25 last:
''It (the Payne-Aldrich bIll) was .
vastly better bill than the Dingley
bill. II / had refused to sign the
Payne bill 1t would have maintained
the Dlngley bill with higher rates than
the Payne bill"
When Mr.. Taft made this statement
he must have known that 1t was I'M
true. As for the wool schedule, he
knew that the rates were not higher
in the Dingley law than In the Payne
Aldrich law, for right after signing
the latter bill did he not denounce it's
wool rates as "indefensibIe?" And,
as for the cotton rates of the Payne
bill, he knew they were just as lin
defensible" as the wool rates, for at
the time he made this statement in
Boston he had the tariff boards report
on cotton before him. ..
It Is true that the cotton report Of
the tariff board did not make this in1
formation available at q glance to Mr.
Taft or to congress or to the public.
The tariff board carefully avoided Civ.
ing this information in a getatable,
understandable form.
Suppressed the Answer.
was the tariff raised or lowered?"
has been an ihsistent question ever
since the Payne-Aldrich law was en-.
acted three years ago, The tariR
board avoided answering 1t.
In making my official report to the
board submitted a table that did
anouynV khia o,taakinn a., vaonoot "a 90 oh
one, excepting three, of the 100 cloth
samples around which our months Of
investigation conferred. After much
sldestepping and discussion this table
was expurgated and published in its
emasculated form. The boards excuse
was that 1t was not its duty to answer
the question: congress could make its
own computations.
Benefit Only to Privilege.
From every point Of view of the
tariff CRATER 1t is no doubt highly de.
Elrable that such facts, staggering aa
they are to the dishonest pretensions
that the cotton tariff was really lower
ed, should be buried as deeply as pos
sible In a mass OF unexplained stats,
tics. But 1t is to the advantage Of
every honest manufacturer and mer
chant who Ia seeking stability in bust.
ness and fair opportunity to make
reasonable profit that the truth should
be made known. Just such policies Of
official evasion and suppression have
made possible in the past the juggling
ct tariff legislation by and in behalf Of
the privileged few.-Nav York World
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

BY ROBERT KENNETH MAcLEA.
Formerly consulting expert OF the tarIfe
board.
New York, Aug.-0n not a single
one Of the ninety-five all cotton sam.
pies of fabric taken as the basis of the
tariff boards Investigations Of the cot
ton schedule was there an actual re-
duction Of the tariff by the Payne
Aldrich law.
The samples were selected with
great care by the combined judgment
of the boards experts, Endorsed by the
leading jobbers Of the United States
as being representative Of all classes
Of fabric in use In this country, each
sample being chosen because 1t was
typical of the most used material OF
its particular weave or class. Ninety
Eve all cotton and five silk and cotton
samples comprise the 100 that appear
In the tarifr boards cotton report.
Forty-seven of the ninety-fve In the
all cotton class pay 1880 per cent
higher duties under the Payne-Al-
drich than they did under the Dlngley
tariff.
Payne-Aldrlch "Jokers."
OF these forty-seven classe Of ma,
terial on which the tariff was iRcreas-
ed nine are the fancy weaves made in
three or four New England mills com.
monty grouped as the Lippitt'
McColl interests" This is the clique
Of New England manufacturer-politi,
clans who were permitted by Senator
Nelson w. Aldrich to write the cotton
schedule to suit themselves.
OF the nine Lippitt-McColl fabrics
the Payne-Aldrich law lacked up the
average duty from 1857 to 60.33 per
cent. In other words, the promised
revision downward" on these goods
was really a revision upward amount
Ing to 64.97 per cent Of the Dingley
rates.
The remaining thirty-eight classes Of
all cotton fabrics on which the duty
was increased were not generally the
product Of the favored New England
ring. Under the Dingley law these
thirty-eight fabrics were assessed an
average duty of 1886 per cent. Under
the Payne-Aldrich law they pay 44.5S
per cent.--a revision upward equal to
26.07 per cent. of the former rate al
compared with 64.97 per cent. increase
on the manufactures Of the favored
few.
On just three among the 100 samples
was there decrease in duty. These
were the silk and cotton fabrics (silb
mills) that pay more than 100 per cent
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
FACTS SUPPRESSED AND ISSUES
EVADED BY TAFT TARIFF BOARD
BY ROBERT KENNETH MACLEA,
Formerly Consulting Expert Of tho Tariff Boar,

pressure promise hanery
legislation public duty withhold my posses
the
compelled o present following indictment:
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1t to make an intelli-
gent comparison with
,nrvaa- costs at home; that the
lMEAAGI board was offered OPP
portunlties for obtain
ing such data, but did
not use them: that such
foreign data az were obtained were In
some cases suppressed and In others were
inadequate for honest comparison, al
though so utilized.
VII.
That the tariff board betrayed the con-
ldence Of American manufacturers by
publishing data that
should have been held
for confidential informa-
UNFAIR ton OF legislators; that
competitors were given
,.,,.,..,- thereby valuable trade
- secrets, while the for
elgn manufacturers dlvulged nothing Of
similar character or Importance.
VIII.
That the tariff boards
--r treatment Of economic
IDISIMGEM. questions vitality affect
IIn1Io ing the relation Of the
UUUS tariff to the prices ex-
acted from consumers
was disingenuous and
misleading.
TX.
That the tariff board has proved not to
be the ''nonpartisan" and scientific In
strument . promised by President Taft;
that its members displayed inexperience
In business, Incompetence and extrava-
gance. have been forced reluctantly
after a years intimate association to ac-
cept the opinion that the tarifr board has
been nothing more than
an effective cog In .
, "standpat" political ma
/ FAX ISAN chine: that some Of the
men who clamored most
loudly for q tariR board
and some Of the men
appointed thereto worked all the time
complacently In the knowledge that the
creation Of the board was scheme to
prevent genuine tariff reform az long a.
possible by cumming the cards and de-
laying the game" charge frequently
made, but which for q long time DIS
credited.
That such facts as the tarin board has
reported sustain the charge. a. to both
the wool and the cotton
schedules, that the con-
N1MuIHT, sumner has been robbed
Sons~ outrageously a. con-
ING sequence Of excessive
duties and that the
profits have not gone
into the pockets OF the laborsr to main
tain an American standard Of LIVING"
Prom New York World
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
present TARIFF
! FOSTERS FRAUDS
Domestic Cotton Fabrics Sold
Americans as Imported"
CHEATING THE CONSUMER

lsss Than 2 Per Cent Comes From
Abroad, but Americans Pay Elk,
brilliant Price For Homo Goods Be
cause Of Deception and ProhlhItlVd
Tariff.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
SUPPRESS
SION

F1'N FN10
lie and to the government. but inimical
to the special privileges of a few New
England manufacturers who were per-
mltted by Senator Aldrich to write the
cotton schedule to suit themselves.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

That the tariff board
avoided altogether In
vestlgatlng certain
phases OF tariff graft
hidden In cookers" Of
the Payne-Aldrich law.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

That the tariff board.
In its report on manu-
features OF cotton
Schedule u has sup
pressed findings Of vital
Importance to the cot
tnn industry IN the nuh-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
EVASION

scientifically" collected data. but side
stepped that responsibility by arguing
that such deductions as its data justified
were not called for under the speclhca
tons Of Its employment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
4IOKERS" HID
REVISION UP
Actual Raising of Duties Effected
by Payne Bill
COTTON AND WOOL SCHEDULE

Both lndefensIble, and President Taft
Knew It--suppressIOn Of Facts by
the Tariff Board Statistics Employ
ed to Mlslead the Public.
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FAV0RlT-
ISM
v I.

That the tariff board falsely reported
that It was impossible TO obtain ABROAD