The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-04-03

Peopie-Storm and Flood i'm West
and Middle West Worst i'm History
of This Country - Government
Sends Aid.
Especial to The Caucasian)
Washington, D. c., April 1, 1913.
Last week the country was startled
Middle West of the damage to life
and property caused by terrific hur-
ricane, which, in part Of its course
amounted to a cyclone. It started
! out in Arizona. crossed Nebraska
and took zig-zag course through
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and
then split up and passed out at sew
eral different points to the Atlantic
ocean.
| The damage west of the Mississ-
ippi River was chiefly in the destruc-
ton of very many farm and city
houses and large resultant loss of
life The destruction in the city of
Omaha was unusually severe. When
the storm passed the Mississippi
river, it was followed by an enor-
nous downpour of rain, continuing
J for several days and in some cases
; amounting to cloudburst. This has
, caused the frightful floods in Indiana
, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and West
, Virginia, which have exceeded any
thing known in the history of this
country.
President Wilson was appealed to
for assistance in the shape of food
} clothing, tents, pontoon bridges, etc
: He erdeerd Secretary of War Garri
son, to at once fit out a special trair
5 with supplies of every kind above
t mentioned, including medical sup.
3 plies, also nurses and doctors, to as
2 sist in the work of relief, and to gt
with this train in person. At thi
writing the flood waters are reported
to be receding in Dayton, Columbus
and other points north of the Ohi'
d river, but at the same time tn
S threatened floods down the Ohio an
: Mississippi rivers are growing ever
hour and will probably exceed an
floods for many years.
s About year ago this country an
O the whole world was startled by tn
y wreck in a collision with an iceber
q of the newest, largest and most mag
= nificent steamer af1oat, the Titanic
q and the frightful loss of life. Tha
IS great calamity appealed tremendous
h ly to the imagination of the countr
> and the whole world, but it will nc
compare in magnitude to the fright
q full loss of life and property in thes
N floods and storms.
N The slashing of the Tariff and th
Threat to Business.
/. 1t is reported that the Democrat
tariff bill, which has been complete
N by the Ways and Means Committe
of the House and which is now bt
r, ing considered by President Wilson
makes slashing cuts in the protec
i've duties affecting millions upon mi
:. lions of dollars of property an
- thousands of laborers. This countr
- if bill without a disastrous panic.
A Canadian paper, The Montre'
Star, has a cartoon picturing Unc
- Sam tearing down the tariff wall b.
y tween this country and Canada. Cal
- ada is represented as standing o
u looking on with pleasure and grati1
cation and saying, "Uncle Sam
: in return. We voted down the Ia
reciprocity treaty, because that to-
down only a part of the protectlC
u wall and made us pay dear for Il
conditions we got Now, Uncle Sa
~ gives us everything for nothing"
n The New Income Tax Law.
- Tt is understood that the Dem
- cratic tariff bill, as prepared, CO
: tains a provision placing an incon
: tax of one per cent on all incom
:. above $4,000, with percentage i
=. crease by steps until tax of four p
cent is levied upon incomes of $10t
y. y 900. 1t is estimated that this
-, come tax will raise 81 so, 1000, 900 re
enue and that it will take this mu'
% to make up the deficit in the rev
nue., caused by the Democratic tar
= reduction.
,w Tt will be remembered that t
n Democrats have always claimed tn
r. they are in favor OF a. tarin hi
q enough "to produce sufficient rev
or nue." but it now seems that tn
II have slashed the tariff SO low tn
% it win take $50, 100000 of incoT
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