Lower coast gazette., 1913-07-05

ton offered an amendment striking out
the free sugar after three years clause.
which would have let the duty remain
one cent. This was opposed by 81
Senators. Ransdell and Thornton alone
supported it. The final vote to at
prove the sugar schedule was 40 to 6.
Senators Thornton, Ransdell, Hitch.
cock, Newlands, Shafroth and Walsh
opposed the removal Of the duty to the
end of the caucus. In the Senate Cham
Der on the final vote it is not believed
that they will, with the exception of
the Louisiana Senators, still oppose It's
approval. They will not be strong
enough to resist the stern demands OF
Wilson in the White House.
1t is understood in New York that ap.
%plication will be made soon to place
the N. O. T. & NJ. (the Frisco in Lou.
isiana) in the hands of a receiver.
The South Carolina State militia will
receive no aid from the national gov
eminent. It has failed to comply with
regulations which are necessary to be
complied with that the guard should
receive Federal aid. Governor Cole
Blease is elated at this happening, as
he is always elated at any happening
that snubs the national or other gov.
ernments.
Within "a hours in Boston the Their,
mometer recorded a drop Of rs degrees
in the temperature. Snow in light
f1urries fell in some sections Of the
city.
An amendment to the tariff bill, Civ
ing the President power to authorize q
duty on imports of wheat and flour
from countries who levy a duty on
American wheat and flour is opposed
by some Senators In the Democratic
caucus. Senator Hoke Smith, Of Geora
gia, leader Of the opposition to this
power limiting amendment, suggests
the placing in the Presidents hands
of the power to order a duty on I'M
ports Of any kind from countries who
levy a duty on the same articles when
made in and shipped from the United
States. O'Gorman, Reed and MARITIME
seem to e things in this amendment.
All three of them being free traders.
they e if this unlimited power is
placed in the hands Of the President
that there. would most certainly be an
increase in the dutiable articles and 2
decrease in the list Of Tree admitted
imports, which would not at all be In
line with their universal free trade con.
victions. Those countries who by levy.
ing a duty on American.made goods,
hinder the free and easy competition
Of the American manufacturer with
the native factory owner and .distribut-
or should laugh at these O'Gorman,
Reed and MARITIME attempts to frus.
trate a plan which would give the ma
ton the power to meet any attempt Of
foreign discrimination here against
that foreign Discrimination. O'Gorman,
Reed and MARITIME stand for a policy
of defenselessness. Our government,
they believe should admit, for in.
stance, the rice of Japan free and al
low Japan to levy a duty upon the rice
from America being imported into ia
pan. They would have our govern
ment allow foreign countries to make
it hard for Americans to sell their
goods away from America, and then
have our government allow the for
eign exporters to sell their goods with
ease in America. They would encour-
age international competition here and
discourage international competition,
as far as America was concerned, else
where. The German in Germany could
refuse to ~reciprocate and give to Amer
leans in Germany what Americans
gave to Germans in America.
Following are resent appointments
by President Wilson: James w. Ger.
ard, of the New York State Superior
Court, ambassador to Germany; Jo-
seph 3. Willard, former lieutenant'goy-
ernor of Virginia, ambassador to,
Spain; Albert G. Schmedemann, Of
Wisconsin, minister to Norway; Ben
ton Mcmillan, of Tennessee, minister
to Peru; Nathaniel B. Stewart, Of
Georgia, Consul at Milan, Italy; J. But
Ter Wright, of Wyoming, secretary Of
embassy, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
Richard Lee Metcalfe, Of Lincoln, Neb.,
member Of the Isthmian Canal Com.
mission.
A stunning heat wave has steadily
lowered over the northern cities. In
Chicago the temperature hung around
SO degrees and five deaths from the
heat and numerous less serious pros.
trations were reported. st. Louis, with
a temperature OF IS degrees, reported
% prostrations in one day; Detroit,
with a temperature Of IS degrees, re-
ported a dozen prostrations. The tenn
p%erature at Pierre , South Dakota,
reached the shivery hot mark OF 104.
The House Naval Affairs Committee