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Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
PRESENT TARIFF
FOSTERS FRAUDS
Domestic Cotton Fabrics Sold
Americans as Imported"
CHEATING THE CONSUMER

Less Than 2 Per Cent Comes From
,Abroad. but Americans Pay Ex-
orbitant Price For Home Goods Be-
cause of Deception and Prohibitive
Tariff.
BY ROBERT KENNETH MAC LEA,
Formerly consulting expert of the tariff
boardl
New York, Aug. The prOhibitive
tariff, revised upward by the Payne
Aldrich law. permits and fosters
wholesale frauds upon the American
consumer of cotton goods.
Less than per cent OF the cotton
fabrics consumed tn the United States
comes from abroad, because the pro
tective duties have been made SO high
that Importation is unprofta ble
Yet fully one-third of the cotton
piece goods going over retail counters
is solSk as "IMPORTED" or under
names Enplying a foreign origin.
This deception is generally perpe-
trated upon the consumer for the pur-
EOSC ~ ObAdtlttS CNOi0IGGHt Rfl|OS WI
domestic goods.
The consumer, believing the goods
are imported and knowing that the
tariff adds excessively to their cost.
pays 80 to 100 per cent more than
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 56. described as a printed dim
ity" This is medium priced cotton
fabric known to almost every Ameri-
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:
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11

The Worlds tariff editor visited with
me department store in New Eng
land city of 100000 inhabitants and
found recently a counter piled with
these goods, placarded:
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
How's This

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., TOLEDO, O.
We, the undersigned, have
nown F. j. Cheney for the last Is
years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his
firm.
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price rs cents per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
REAL IRISH DIM1TY.
J. < ~.

~ <. !.
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 dimities from "a Boston
jobber at 10 cents yard and that they
were made in 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 a fabric repre-
senting 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
tons discovered on sample No. 81, an
American cost of production of Z 1-3
cents a 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 cent a yard.
Who Gets the Profit?
The manufacturer of this American
dimity, that is sold as Imported and
Irish" does not get the excessive
profit. In some instances the manu-
facturer does, but here he sells to the
jobber at 8 cents, taking only a nom
inal manufacturing profit of two-thrds
cent a, yard The jobber sells to the
retailer at 10 cents. a % per cent mar
gin for the jobber
In Canada. with % per cent tariff. a
cotton fabric costing 10 cents yard
would be sold to the consumer at 1215
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
Campaign In Arizona For
Equal Suffrage

Several Of the reactionary pa
pers in Arizona criticise the Tri
bune because it has congratulat-
ed the women of the state on the
status of the fight for equal suf-
frage. and because it has assert
ed that it regards their battle
as good as won. The Tribune has
predicted its conviction upon a
belief that Arizona is progress
i've. 1t has rested its assumption
that the equal suffrage amend
ment will be adopted upon it's
knowledge that the men of Ari-
zona, to whom is committed the
decision Of the question, love JUS
tice.
If the Tribune has been mis-
taken in its belief, if it has beer
unwarranted in its assumption
its prophecy will fail of fulfill
ment. 1t may be that the react
ionaries, who fear the addition tC
the electorate of a great body OF
voters who love righteousness
and hate wrong will exhaust ev
erv endeayOr to keen the women
of Arizona in political subjection
The Tribune believes in equal
suffrage and advocates it's adopt
ion both on principles of abstract
justice and from considerations
of expediency. Is it or is it not
right that women, who must rem
der equal obedience with men
to the laws Of the state, should
have an equal voice in framing
the laws they must obey?
AS far as the observation OF
the Tribune extends, the women
OF Arizona are as well qualified
as the men Of Arizona in every
essential respect for the exercise
of political duties. They are as
intelligent, they are as honest,
they are as patriotic. 1t is a
monstrous injustice that there
should be sex discrimination in
government The Tribune indul-
ges the confident hope that Ari-
zona will join California in the
removal of that dissemination and
the abolition of that injustice
Los Angeles Tribune.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11

Arizona Fair Commission plan
ming for big event to be held in
Phoenix October % to NoVem-
Der 2. There will be fast harness
races, running races, automobile
races and variety of sports and
pleasures. Exhibit list includes
ostriches, livestock, dogs, poult-
ry, etc. Sixth Cavalry band will
provide music, and be in camp
during the week of the fair.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
THE TARIFF IN SUMMER DRESS FOR HOT
WEATHER READING

fancy wash fabric manufactured in New
England for 2-3 cents yard is sold by the
manufactures at l4A cents-a manufacturing
profit of 4773 per cent, less selling expenses of
5 or at most. per cent The jobber whole
sale distributer1 adds 3A cents-a profit of 22%
per cent, less selling expenses. The retailer
adds another 428 per cent, and the American
housewife gets the cloth at % cents-coth that
in England can be bought retail for II cents
identical in weave and quality! WHY2
Cotton curtain scrim, found in millions of
homes, is made in America at cost that gives
the manufacturer ample profit, selling it to the
print works at cents yard The print works
sells to the jobber at 10 1-3 cents although it
finishes the goods at cost of l.37 cents The
jobber adds 20 per cent, laying down the cur
tain scrim to the department store at 1872 cents
The retailer charges the American housewife 10
to 20 cents. More than likely he advertises it
as IMPORTED" and sells it 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 it for
1922 cents (715 PENCE yard, against 10 to 20
cents under the American tariff WHY ?-From
N Y. World
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
Notice for Publication
O1820

UlSZU
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
u S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona. Septem-
Der 7, 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that Owen G. O'Den,
of franklin, Aaizona. who, December 4, 1908
made Homestead Application, No. 01e20 for SELL
SW Ia Sec. A; E 1-2 NV Ia SW Ia NV Ia of
Section 9, Township 9-S, Range BE-, G.&S. R.
Meridian has filed notice of intention to make Fl
nal Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Ben M. Crawford
Clerk of Superior Court. at Clifton Arizona, on
the 18th day of October 1912,
Claimant names witnesses:
Leroy P Miller, of Franklin, Arizona,
James +. McGrath ,"
James M. Gilliland
Aubra Giand - ,"
FRANK HI. PARKER
Register.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11

or sometimes at Is cents if the pattern
happened to be in special demand In
the United States. with it's prohibitive
tariff. the retail price is always much
higher The standard price retail is Is
cents for the fabric wholesaled at 10.
But when the tariff is eXcessive-it is
"a per cent on this printed dimity-the
dishonest retailer can get away with
his deception and double or more than
double his normal profit by selling the
domestic article as imported" The
retailer knows that be could not buy
3 genuine imported dimity of this
quality from foreign manufacturers
agent in New York for less than 151b
or 1612 cents. and the trade would re-
tail this at 25. He compares the do
mestic 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 it as
foreign goods at price that will make
it attractive?"
Mill Man Pockets 1t.
In some cases the manufactures
takes the. tariff favor for his own
pocket. Tariff board sample No. "a
illustrates this No "a is a fancy
white goods used for dress wear. It's
manufacturer encountered a fair de
mand for this material during the past
season. Table No. 169 of the tariff
boards report shows a manufacturing
profit of 90 per cent. 1t costs to manu-
facture this cloth 1916 cents a yard.
The mill rofnsns Tn sell to any one ex
cept1ng the JUUuer. ana through this
channel the cloth reaches the retailer
at 2215 to 25 cents yard. The retail
er charges the consumer 35 to 80 cents.
according to location and local compe
tition
For comparison take the value of the
fabric on weight. At the manufacture
ing cost of 1916 cents a yard None
pound of this goods is worth $1.23 as it
leaves the mill. When it reaches the
consumer lat SO cents yard) the
price has been boosted to S4.2O a
pound.
The manufacturing cost of this cloth
in England is practically the same as
here, yet the English manufacturer
sells it for 1914 cents a yard. the job
Der at 1926 cents and the retailer at %
cents
Bear in mind that the difference in
cost of production at home and abroad"
in this class of fabric represented by
sample No. "a amounts to nothing
but the Pavne Aldricb tariff on it
equals $3.50 per cent, or S1a cents per
running yard.
Fancy goods of the type of sample
No. 81 are products of the Lippitt- Nc
Coll class of mills. The Payne Aldrich
bill raised the duty on this cloth from
35 to $3.50 per cent Is it any wonder
that Senator Lippitt and Mr. McColl
were interested in amending the
Payne bill.-New York World
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11
L. F. VAUGHN, EDITOR

This paper is kept on file at the Dake Advertis-
ing Agency incorporated 427 South Main st.
Los Angeles. and at 12 Geary St, San Francisco
where contracts for advertising can be made.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-09-11

Democratic Ticket
For President
WOODROW WILSON
For Vice-President
THOMAS R. MARSHALL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
Nzz1aWJ
aH'i ssAzEsur
Display OF
Selected
Imported
EmbroiideriieS
Feb. 26 TO March 2

of Real Good Hand Loom
in
quality beuNo "Sfy goods the lotal perfect goods
We askyo COME IN AND SEE THEM,
and look to
satisfactory
FROM display comprise:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
white house and Oyster Bay and tn,

white house and Oyster Bay and the
standpatters and the progressives
Senator Simmons believes that it puts
MIR Roosevelt out of the running. Ser
ator Dixon, of Montana, thinks it will
set the West on fire for Roosevelt. He
is progressive.
But there is a feeling among Mr.
Roosevelt's friends in congress that
he went too far. The progressives man
itest less satisfaction than the demo
Gratis and the administration support
ers. Mr.. Taft's campaign managers
say the radical stand taken by Mr.
Roosevelt will virtually eliminate hin
from the race. The democrats do not
think that the two wings of the re-
publican party will get together in
his campaign Taft and Roosevelt be-
ing too far apart in their policies.
My poliies" have been advanced.
William B. Mckinley and others IT
the old guard are urging the president
to accept the Roosevelt challenge.
They want him to take his coat off and
go at it with all his might.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
THIS MAN BUYS STORE
TO MAKE IL KEEP TACKS

Shron, Pa, Feb 26.-Just becaus,
he was unable to purchase a certain
kind of lacks which he needed Claude
Refer has purchased for $4,000 thu
R0damer hardware store, the larges
store of its kind in Sharon, and viii
Q e.ace it in connection with his other
'a"osises.
Mr.. Rezner walked into the store
ana asked for the brand of tacks he
desired.
eve do not keep them in stock" po-
litely replied the proprietor.
We'll, if l had a store of this kind
I you'd keep them on hand" replied
Mi Rezner.
why don't you buy the store and
lay in supply?" he was asked.
Name your price and l will take
the store off your hands, Rezner re-
piled, and $4,000 was the price agreed
upon at once.
The proprietor has ordered a large
supply of the particular kind of tacks
he couldn't get before.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
DANDRUFF AND ITCHING SCALE
YIELD TO JENA TREATMENT.

Why should you continue to exper
iment with salves, greasy lotions anC
fancy hair dressing trying to rid your
scalp of germ life. They can't do il
because they cannot penetrate to th>
seat of the trouble and draw the ger,
life to the surface of the scalp am
destroy it.
Why not try PROVEN REMEDY
One that will do this. We have a rem
edy will rid the scalp of germ life
nd in this way will cure DANDRUFF
nd ITCHING SCALP.
This remedy is ZEMO, a clean, re-
med, penetrating scalp tonic tina
goes right to the seat r. the trouble
md drives the germ life to the sur
ace and destroys it.
A shampoo with ZEMO ANTISEP-
TIC SOAP and one application o.
IEMO will entirely rid the scalp Of
andruff and scurf. Do not hesitate
ut get a bottle of ZEMO today. It
cts on new principle and will do
NaCtly what we claim for it.
Sold and endorsed in AmeriCus by
he w. A. Rembert Drug Store.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
GRANDMOTHERs USED SAGE TEA
To Darker the Hair and Restore Gray
and Faded Hair to Its Natural
Color.

1t is easier to preserve the color CT
The hair than to restore it, although
t is ~Ossible to do both. Our grand
mothers understood the secret. They
made a sage tea" and their dark,
glossy hair long after middle life was
due to this wact Our mothers become
gray before they are fifty, but they
are beginning to appreciate the wis
lom of our grandmothers in using
sage tea" for their hair and are fast
following suit.
The present generation has the ad-
vantage of the past in that it can get
ready-to-use preparation called
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
edy. AS a scalp tonic and color re-
storer this preparation is vastly SUI
perior to the ordinary sage tea
made by our ~randmOthers.
The growth and beauty of the hair
depends on a healthy condition of the
scalp. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy quickly kills the dandruff
germs which rob the hair of its life,
color and lustre. makes the scalp
clean and healthy, gives the hair
strength, color and beauty, and makes
it grow.
Get 80 cent bottle from your drug
gist today. He will i've your money
back if you are not satisfied after a
''r trial. Special agents, MURRAY y
Hooks. W.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
WISCONSIN BOY SAID
TO BE YOUNGEST FARMER

Baraboo, Wis, Feb. 26.-Floyd Car
penter, IA years of age, in all probabn,
il is the youngest farmer in the
country, for that has been decided as
his chosen profession. His father,
George Carpenter, has purchased the
Thomas Baker farm, west of the city,
and the boy will pay for it from the
earnings of the place ON the install
ment plan, having refused to accept
ally other terms.
The farm consists of 335 acres and
the price was $4,000. Floyd Will
manage it himself, there being two
houses on the place The land is well
adopted to stock raising and general
farming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
TO SPREAD The
CATHOLIC FAITH
YNKHnH ~ EFENEE
To Work Among the Negroes
Of the South

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 26.-Cardinal
Gibbons has issued a strong appeal
for aid in the carrying on of the work
of Catholic negro and Indian missions
in this country. With Cardinal Farley,
of New York, and Archbishop Prem
dergast, of Philadelphia, he constitutes
the board of missions, and they have
ordered a collection to be taken in all
Catholic churches of the country 10
help in the extension of the missions;
In the appeal sent out by the cardi-
nal, he speaks in part as follows IF
the necessity of aiding these mis-
sions:
In making to you our appeal this
year we call your attention to several
important points. First, that the work
Of eyangelizing the negro and Indian,
owing to your past generosity, is
growing; that there are now engaged
in it greater number of workers and
that more work is being accomplished
The body of secular priests and the
number of religious workers among
the negroes are greater than ever be-
fore, and among the Indians the same
religious forces that in the past have
so generously sacrificed themselves
continue to devote to the work unabat-
ed zeal. Secondly, that with the in
crease of the workers, and the work
there is necessarily an increased de-
mand for means to carry on the work,
e "Again, there are in our midst above
100000 non-Catholics, of whom the
the negroes and Indians form one
sixth only. 1t is possible for us 10
fulfill our serious, adequate obligation
toward them unless we rouse our
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
INDIGNANT ABOUT TIL:
COTTON Mill CHARGES
Federal Labor Bureau Has
Been Severely Criticised

Atlanta, Feb. 26-Resentment is
strong il Atlanta over the report o;
the United States labor bureau, JUS
made public, painting a dismal condi
ton among Southern Gotten mill work,
eIs in Georgia and the Carolinas, and
declaring as a conclusion that mill
operatives are socially ostracized
looked down upon and ignored by the
other people in the communities in
which they live.
1t is these gratuitious conclusion!
of the report that have aroused the
real resentment. That all laborin.
classes, as a rule, do not associate 50
cially with the people of the so-calle1
middle or professional classes-tha
is as a general thing-is a propositio!
that must be admitted as true, whethe
it is just or not, in all countries an,
in all parts of the United States. il
is no reflection on the laboring PEG
pie, who are often highly regarded BY
the whole community but who sim
ply have different manners of living
from the man who practices law OF
some other profession. Why, thea
the bureau of labor should have pick.
ed out and exaggerated this' condition
in the case of mill operatives alone
is a thing that Atlantians regard a:
neXplicable and unjust, unless Their,
is some deliberate political intent i.
it to harm the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
GEORGIA NOW CLAIMS
WORLDS BEST EAR
Bryan County Puts the Indian
Ear to the Can

Savannah, Ga, Feb. 26.-Fred c.
Palm of Newton, Ind, who claims 10
)e the champion corn grower Of the
world and who holds the $1,000 Kal-
.ogg corn trophy for the largest and
most perfectly formed ear of corn, has
nothing on E. NJ. Bailey of Clifton,
Ga, who styles himself a plain Geor-
gia cracker.
Mr.. Palms accomplishment in
growing such a prodigious ear Gf
corn was recently exploited in tie
press, on Feb 8, there having been
shown the growers picture, the ear OF
corn that took the trophy and the
trophy itself.
And now comes Mr. Bailey wh3
says he is 70 years old and has beer
sowing and reaping since ne reached
, manhood, with his champ ear Of
corn to place along side of the Indiana
mans ear, and leave it to The Press
to say which ought to- take the prem
ium junk.
Mr.. Bailey came to Savannah with q
basket hung over his arm containing
! two of the prettiest and most perfectly
formed ears of corn ever shown in the
city.
q just want you to make the meas
urements for yourself" said Mr.
Bailey, "and say which ear of corn Is
the best, his ear or mine"
And taking the measurements o
the Indiana ear of corn for com
parison with the Georgia corn, the
Bryan county farmer ought to holC
the trophy a dozen different ways. The
figures of the two ears are as follows
Bailey's Ear Palms Ear.
| II IL in e. length =. 10 Is il
9 IL in e. circumference =. Z ga in
% =. 49,. number of rows E.. e. E. q
IS in =. length of kernels E. ga "a
3-8 in. width of kernels about. .7-SiE
Mr.. Bailey explained that his cor.
is now pretty we'll dried out ant
would not weigh the same as whaI
pulled last fall. On the other hanl
Palms ear was weighed when it wa!
practically green and the weight of tn
Indiana ear lis greater than the Geor
gia product.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27
VIEWS VARY On
TEDDY'S SPEECH
Democrats Think Recent Ut.
tGraRCGS Helped Them

Washington, Feb 26.--One topic OF
serious conversation at the capitol is
the recent Rooseyelts peech.
The democrats think it will help
their party. Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, declared that in his opinion it
would surely give the president the
nomination. Senator Overman said
it would widen the breach between the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-02-27

selves to fuller missionary spirit and
activity, a spirit of prayer and PEN
ance and sacrifice for them far greater
tnan any we have hitherto shown? Let
us not forget that a woe is upon US il
we preach not the gospel to them as it
should be preached.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19
BURGLARS GET BUSY.

The offices of Terrell l. Stevens and
Andrew Grande, the former Gated
at the east end of Chestnut street
and the latter at the east END of
Spruce street, were entered by some
person or persons unknowa some
time during Wednesday night. At
the former place the burglar entered
by breaking out a pane of glass, but
secured nothing for his trouble. At
Grandes he Jared little better. He
secured entrance at this place by
breaking out the glass in the lraif-
som over the outside door of the Of
fee. The door of the safe was un-
locked, but the burglar tore out the
inside door, secured the money
drawer and took it into the alley
where he proceeded to ien,olish It,.
In this recepticle were about six dol
lars in small change whi IN the said
burglar appropriated unto himself.
The report that the office IF tie Vir-
ginia Brewing company was also bur
glariZed is not true, according to in
formation received from the Office
force.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19
The Latch String Will Be Out.

Responding to the comment of
the Enterprise upon the advisability
OF the range publishers perfecting
an organization for the good of the
craft, the Chisholm Herald.Tribune
unofticialIy calls a meeting of the
newspaper boys at the Enterprise
sanc.um on Thursday next. April
25th. Come on, boys, the latch
string will be out, and we believe
there is au opportunity for CON-
munity advancement in such a
meeting.
If printers would spend ha f the
same time and energy in studying
their costs, placing prices at right
figures and in boosting their fellow
craftsmen a. they do in knocking
they would have more money, more
respect for their profession and for
their confreres, and more time to
enjoy life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19
viii Gross the Buraiag Sands.

A class OF Virginians will be
among the number who will take
the Shrine at DuIuth this evening,
among those scheduled. for trip
across the sands being ". J. Archer,
r. l.. Grigxs, W. D. Newcombe, B.
81. Hoyer, DR.. E. NJ. Fisher, Geo. L.
Simons. Lyle Brundage, c. H. Mich
elson, S. J. Gibson and Rev. K. W.
Wilcox.
A number Of those who have trav
rIed the road before will also he
with them" on the Journey. to see
that they "hanx o'," and it is said
that DR.. i.enunt has arranged for
the ambulance to meet the party
upon the return trip 10 prop-r'y
care for any Cases which may de
,nhnd attention IF thi- sort