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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-28
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Seventh District Singing Con-
vention will meet in Rome, Ga,
June 10Th and goth, each county in
the district is urged to send dele
gates and be represented at this
convention.
w. G. TANKERSLEY, Sect.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-28
WOOD AT $3.50 PER CORD.

What do you pay for wood? am
selling good oak or pine at $3.50 per
cord. One half cord $1.35. Also
cut up stove wood at $3.50, $500 &
$300a load. Edgar M. Soarboro,
Phone 3011. If.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

diyiduals and the necessity Of a third
party than was the case in 1912.
There is evident the admission that
what is neediul 70 be done next year
can be accomplished through the in
strumentality Of the Republican party
if at all. The one overshadowing re-
quirement Of the situation is that the
Democratic party be retired, as the
West has paid heavy penalty for the
outcome Of the campaign Of three
years ago, Much progressive legisla'
tion has been achieved, and its eff
cacy is more or less stoutly defended,
but it does not yield prosperity and it
is material progress and sustained
development that appeal to men OF the
West.
The opportunity presented to the
Republican party is such as seldom
occurs. II its councillors are wise
theT will 60 in to retrieve rather than
to seek reprisal or visit retribution.
Gazette-Times
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Mattings Increased Farm Values

There are thousands Of acres Of
marsh lands in Minnesota, Wisconsin
and other States which produce wire
grass, entirely useless for feed, and for
many years cosidered an unmitigated
nuisance. Such lands were worth from
50 to So an acre. Discovery that this
wire grass was suited to use in the
manufacture Of floor mattings and car
pet was followed by establishment Of
factories who's owners bought such lands
or leased them from the farmers. Land
values Immediately advanced to $40
CT more an acre. Several thousand
men were employed to gather the grass
and to work in the mill weaving rugs
and carpets. These mills became large
buyers Of cotton warp. This new in
dustry became factor in the made
in.America" campaign and supplied
$500, 900 square yards Of mating an.
nuallY to be sold in competition with
$500, 900 square yards imported in
in 1910, chiefly from Asia. The i'm
ports were reduced to 2l,500, 1000
square yards in 1918, the "Made.in-
America" product winning its place in
the market with the aid Of Protective
Tariff, at 3 ID cents per square yard.
The Democratic Tariff law OF 1918
cut the duty 10 Q IL cents and the
imports went up to 25,000,000 square
yards, while some American mills clos
ed their doors.
This shows the difference between
the constructive policies Of the Re-
publican party and the destructive
policies Of the Democrats. In many
Of the States OF the Union there are
marsh lands that produce nothing else
unless drained at great expense. In
all these States there is labor and capi.
tai ready 10 engage in the manufacture
Of mating. In every city,village and
countryside there are homes where
rugs and caprets Of this kind are used.
To-day these homes are being supplied
with mating from China and Japan.
It remains for the American voter tc
say in November, 1916, whether he
wants that 2s,OO0,OOO square yards
annually. Of Asiatic mating superseded
by similar quantity Made e-in- Amer
ica." Only an adequate Pro,ectiv,
Tariff will make the change. .-Roches
ter IN. W Times, Angus, Is.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Unrest in the West
happened

Travellers returning from the Far
West and the Pacific coast report
manifestations Of discomfort with con-
ditions in that famed region Of unrest.
The dissatisfaction now is not so mar
rowly political as it was a few years
back, although necessarily closely re-
lated to politics. The present COM
plant is that the Woodrow Wilson
tariff has failed to produce results.
The West is getting much the same
dose it was compelled TO swallow when
the William J. Wilson tariff law was
operative 20 years ago. Not even
bounti!ul crops and the abnormal de-
mand for horses and cattle created by
the war have been sufficient TO restore
prosperity.
So there is a great deal OF talk
among big business men, agricultur-
alists and lumber people, not to men
ton small merchants aud the real estat-
ers, Of getting rid Of the Democratic
party next year. They say that ahile
manufacturers in the East and Middle
West have been able largely to neutral.
ize the general effects OF the war and
the adverse influences Of defective
tariff system by supplying munition.
and war materials. the West has beer
standing still. And that is the one
thing in all the world that no Wester
ner worth while is content to do. 1
is not 10 be disputed meanwhile, tina
there is still lively and considerabl,
progressive sentiment in the West, bu
this appears 10 be centered less on in
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

James J. Hill urges that we loan a
billion or so to the belligerents Of the
triple entente. They are buying things
from us, he argues, and if we do not
lend them the money they cannot pay
US for our goods, our exports will fall
OF and our crops decline in value.
Then all this tremendous war order"
business is not real business at all-eh,
Mr.. Hill7 Anyone can do business if
he will lend his customers the money
TO pay their bills.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
The Supreme Issue

The Globe Democrat has recently
said, several times, that the republican
party requires but one issue in the
coming national campaign. There
will be many issues, some Of them Of
great importance, in the fight which is
soon TO begin, but the tariff oversteps
all others and it alone is sufficient un'
10 victory. That we are not peculiar
in this belief was proved at the round
up" Of Missouri Republicans at the
Planters Tuesday night when the tariff
was the dominant note that ran through
all the speeches. Weeks Of Massa-
chuSetts, Mann Of Illinois, Watson Of
Indiana, three men from as many states,
representing constituencies as varied
in their character as in their situation,
each put the tariff first and foremost,
and no other subject Of discussion
aroused an equal interest and enthu,
siasm in that extraordinary assembly
There is good reason for this. All
other issues are more or less extraneous.
The tariff touches every thread Of the
social fabric. 1t enters into the daily
life Of every man and Of every woman,
yes, and Of every child, in the republic.
It is intimately associated not alone
with what we eat and what we wear,
but directly or indirectly, with all the
the elements oi physical subsistence
upon which comfort and contentment
and happiness are founded. There are
governmental policies Of great moment
that find a place, and a proper place,
in party platforms, and that may affect
and do affect our general progress as a
nation, but there is none that comes
home to the individual, enters into his
door and abides with him, as does the
tariff. The people Of this country
have once again learned the costly
lesson that free trade, or a revenue
tariff, however attractive it may be in
in theory, is absolutely calamitous in
practice. Though unfortunate divi-
sion in the party that stands staunchly
for the opposing principle, they have
been forced to taste Of the disaster
that inevitably follows the application
Of the Democratic tariff doctrine.
They realize that it has stagnated
business, has checked the investment
Of capital, has thrown many, many
thousands oi men out Of employment,
has worked injury everywhere
and benefited nowhere. The Demo
Gratis find all manner Of excuses for
these conditions, but they will not
again deceive the voters ol this gener.
alton with rhetorical untruths. The
county will insist next year that
the protective tariff be restored 10
the statute books, and upon this issue
the Republican party will 70 back into
power. e-Democrat.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Flood Of Foreign Goods When War Ends

Chicago. Oct. 6.-"The only thing
that has saved the United States from
commercial bankruptcy has been the
European war" declares a leading
Illinois manufacturer who has recently
returned from England and Germany.
Remove that cause and the manu-
lacturers Of the world will make Amer
lea the battle ground Of the greatest
industrial war the world has ever seen."
The earning capacity Of the l00,.
100000 people Of the United States
represents purchasing power greater
than that oil any two other nations Of
the world put together, and the stan.
dard Of living 10 which they have been
become accustomed makes that pur.
chasing power potential under normal
conditions. Surely such market is
worth striving for by our foreign com
petitors, even under a protective tariff.
And under democratic tariff the do
mestic market, SO far as our industrial
life is concerned, becomes well-nigh
a gift causa morris 10 our foreign rivals.
The Illinois manufacturer goes on to
say: "A month-two months after
peace is declared in Europe will see
President Wilson and congress in 4
state Of panic due TO ruinous indus
trial conditions. A vast army Of mer
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

ting along without them. Similarly
situated in a measure, but not cut off
to such degree, Russia is crumbling
before her advance, largely, it is ad
mitted, for lack Of military supplies.
Why is it that Germany is so much
better able to withstand this isolation
to depend upon herseli1 The answer
is found in few words: Her Protec'
tive Tariff. For near two generations
Germany has had a policy Of Protection
sufficient and continuous. Under that
Protection she has fostered and devel'
oped to a high degree the manuiac'
ture Of everything she needs, either in
peace or in war. Meanwhile, under
the same policy, she forged ahead in
dustriallY and commercially as no 9TH
er European nation has. In many re-
spects she surpassed the United States.
II there had been yet needed any
argument 10 prove the wisdom OF the
Protective policy, it is found in the
wonderful ability shown by Germany
in the present war supply her own
needs, and supply them with an abun-
dance far beyond the reach Of her ene-
mics who have had the markets Of all
the world open 10 them. .-Cubu IN
W Patriot.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Republican Preparedness

After Senator Weeks had got through
shaking hands with hundreds OF Mis-
souri, Republicans, each protesting
TO live in the best county
OF the state" he remarked to a
friend: "Tnis gathering proves that
the Republicans OF Missouri are thor
ougnly organized, year before the
campaign" This conclusion reached
by causual visitor experienced in poll
tics, was shared by Missourians who
have been familiar with conditions for
years. One Of the wisest leaders the
Missouri Reput licans ever had, after
studying the crowd, declared the meet
ing, under all the circumstances, the
most remarkable within his recollec-
tion, which goes back thirty years.
Events have brought Republicans to-
gether, but such a meeting as was
held at the Planters Tuesday night
could not result from mere spontane-
ity. St. Louis Republicans could fill
any banquet hall, but the barqueters
came from every part Of the state.
They have been preparing for next
years Campaign ever since last years
campaign ended. Last years
election was a revelation. It showed
taat Democlatic victory in Missouri,
following one Of the most strenuous
oR-year campaign in history, was due
to Republican hopelessness in certain
sections. Too many Republicans re-
membering the wreck Of 1912, took a
whats the e-use" attitude. After the
returns had been tabula;ed and studi-
ed it became evident that il all the
counties Of Missouri had been orga'
nized as effectively as the City OF St.
Louis, for example, there would have
been a sweeping Republican victory.
State Chairman Babler showed him.
self pioneer in the practice OF pre-
paredness." No sooner had the smoke
OF battle Of 1914 cleared away than he
began putting every precinct in Mis-
souri, on "a war footing" The state
has been carefully polled, regular and
reserve workers enlisted, conditions OF
every locality studied and detailed
plans Of the campaign prepared. The
series OF district meetings showed all
Republicans with militant spirit and
and high optimism. The roundup
banquet might be called the grand re-
view. All who saw it realize that the
Republican army is ready for battle.
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
The Secret Of II

Germany alone Of the great powers
now at war, is sufficient within hesself.
No other nation Of those engaged
could so well have withstood the com
merccial isolation enforced upon that
empire. She alone has been able to
supply all her own needs. Naturally
she has desired opportunity to buy food
and ammunition from the outside world,
but since il is denied her she Is get
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

The warring democratic factions in
Maryland will soon hear their masters S
voice from the White House. State
issues, personal ambitions, are as
nothing where Mr.. Wilson rules. He
is the whole thing in the democracy,
and he does not hesitate to let people
know it.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
No Hope

II any member oil the State House
Ring, presided over by that gay social
butterfly, Elliot W. Major, is still
nursing ambitions TO hold public elect
i've Office, he would do we'll to dismiss
those hopes. 1t will never happen.
Not only have Roach, Gordon, Barker
and Major no chance to be reelected
to any Office, but they ruined the pos
sibility to elect good men on the Dem
ocratic ticket. With their sordidness,
selfshness and littleness, they have
not only queered themselves but their
party as well.
The political dope" keeps coming
in from different parts Of the state and
it is about all one way. One man
from the central part Of the state says
to me one day this week; That
bunch at Jefferson is about the cheap
est lot Of piddling politicians that has
ever been there and I want to tell you
that there have been some men there
in the past that would 20 through the
smallest hole in wire gauge. This
lot takes the prize" This man has
been conspicuous in public affairs for
almost generation and is democratic
leader Of his section. The party has
has only the slimmest chance" says
another Democrat from out in the state.
The incompetency, and worse, Of the
Major administration is as fine capital
as the Republican party could wish" !"
In fact, the disgust with Major
and his crew Of office-holders seems
to be more pronounced in
the Democratic party than out OF
it. 1t is Democrats who are
mostly voicing Gheir disgust.
Tine Major administration seems 10
have lost almost entirely the confidence
Of its own party. Nor is this due TO
any partisan reasons. as often happens
in similar cases, There Is no bitter
factonalism that involves anybody but
the few surrounding each leader or
would-be leader, in the party. 1t is
just plain disgust that the Major ad-
ministration has not made good to the
people. Since the school fund scan
dal, the stock Of the State House
Ring has aufered smother heavy drop
and if it keeps on sliding it will shoot
into the mud too deep to ever be ex-
tricated. The Censor, St. Louis.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Imports to the valve Of s29, ,s26,l4o

Imports to the valve Of S29, ,826,l
entered the IS principal customs dis
tricts Of the United States for the
week ending September l9, 1915, on
which duties were collected in the sum
Of S3,O40,368, or an average ad val
orem rate Of duty Of 10.l1 per cent,
compared with an average annual ad
valorem rate Of duty OF l7.6 in 1918
under the republican protective tariff
law, which was an efficient revenue
producer. This is the lowest ad val
orem rate yet recorded under the dem
ocratic tariff Law. During the month
Of August 70 per cent Of our imports
entered free Of duty. The fre. trade
provisions Of the present tariff law are
boom 10 the foreign PRODUCERS, and
retail prices are not declining.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Earlier than Under the Old Law

who have been engaged in the war
will be available for the peaceful indus
trial pursuits Of these countries, and
they will be willing or forced to give
their services for even less than the
meager compensation they received
before the war. And not only men,
but thousands Of women, now Being
trained in the mills, will continue their
work and add 10 the competition which
American labor must meet. It must
be remembered also that the purchas-
ing power Of Europe will be curtailed,
especially in the matter Of Injuries.
Everything save the bare necessities
Of life will be TO great extent unmar.
ketable in Europe and will be dumped
upon this country. Dress goods, tex
tiles Of nearly every variety that are
used by both sexes, jewelry, china
and thousand and one articles Of a
similar nature will be shipped to the
United States under our extremely ac-
commodating Underwood tariff. Amer
lea will be the one great cash market
Of the world and there will be a tre-
mendous scramble on the part Of every
European nation to see which can get
here first"
OF course this prophecy is based on
the possibility Of this country being
cursed with a democratic administra.
ton at the time peace in Europe is
declared.
According to this manufacturer, the
great industrial plants oi Germany are
all being operated at capacity or are
being maintained in such condition
and state Of organization that il peace
were declared tomorrow they would
begin with double shifts to win back
their temporarily lost industrial su.
premacy. Products Of many plants
are bein&sstored in anticipation Of a
resumption Of commercial activity after
the war. Ocean transportation diff
culties have largely shut of the ex-
expectation OF certain articles from
Germany, Sweden, Norway and France,
and English plants are getting lhe
benefit. This explains why our i'm
portations Of china, cutlery and textiles
are now coming so largely from
England.
What does this signify to the
United States2" he was asked You
cannot too strongly impress upon our
people the importance oil tariff revision
before European factories begin to
dump their products in the United
States, he replied. Unless condi-
tions are foreseen and a tariff barrier
erected against the influx Of European
manufactured articles, this country
will experience a period Of hard times,
financial depression, business failure
and suffering on the part Of our great
army Of wage earners that will make
previous periods OF industrial stagna-
ton resemble seasons Of comparative
prosperity"
In other words, the republican party
must be delegated to attend to the sit
uaton in business-like manner.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

Some democrat in Kentucky is going
to get letter pretty soon. It will be
dated at the White House and it will
be signed by Woodrow Wilson. It
will tell how much the president desires
the election oi democratic governor
in the blue grass county, etc., etc.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07
Essential RepuhllCanism

AuOtN y ASAAh @ASN Nf~S
lican Club out west, ex President Tai
has sought to formulate the terms up
on which progresSives may reunite
with the republican party. They vii
be welcomed back, he says, but ther,
is no place in republicanism for some
Of the ideas which they have held.
Mr.. Taft's intimation is tina, return
ing progressives are to be held up or
the dock, like returning tourists from
Europe, while their baggage and theil
persons are searched for smuggled
goods. We doubt il this method vii
prove popular,
Heretofore there has been no run
ming Of the gauntlet, no scrdtiny o
credentials for men who have sought
affiliation with the republican party
Republicanism has been inclusive IT
its scope. The party has been big
enough to contain both Mr.. TAFT and
Senator LaFollete, for example
There have been, and are, certain es,
sential principles on which republican
ism is fouuned and TO which all repub-
licans adhere. Orderly constitutional
government, protection through tariffs
TO American labor and capital, sturdy
defence OF American rights, an ade-
quate and satisfactory currency system
these are the essentials Of republican
faith since the days OF Fremont.
Whoever subscribes to these declar-
ations and who evidences his faith BY
support Of the republican ticket is a
republican nationally speaking. These
things will be found, not only in nation
al republican platforms but in State re-
publican platforms as we'll; while in
the latter will be many other things ol
local applications which in no wise
detract from the quality Of national
republicanism. For instance, repub-
lican in Oregon will hold TO many
principles--for Oregon--which a re-
publican in Rhode Island never has
subscribed to. Yet both are republi-
cans, as Mr.. TAFT will have to admit.
We do not believe in any other tss,
for orrepublicanism. Especially we can
not admit the right Of one man-presi'
dent, ex-president or any other man
or any group Of men to say who shall
enter or re-enter the republican party
or upon what terms. So far as we are
concerned any progressive who wiShe
TO join the republican party can come
in without the indignity Of being irisk'
ed for concealed principles. Is he :
protectionist2 Does he believe il
a strong foreign policy1 Does he lav
or an adequate national defence3 L
he for legislative and administrative
sanity1 The man who supports these
principles is republican by all tht
tests which anyone has the right t
impose. In no other way can republi
canism live and grow; in no other way
has Republicanism lived snc
grown. The doors Of the repub
lican party swing inward and neither
Mr.. TAFT nor any other man can close
close them or narrow the entrance
Those progressives who have already
come in have been warmly welcomed
A like welcome awaits the Others whc
are on the way.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

The net balance in the general fund
OF the United States treasury at the
close Of business September 81 was
l,S70,422. On the same date in
1915, when republican revenue laws
and appropriations were still in effect,
the balance was sl21,09l,l78. Since
Since July l, 1915, the administration
has spent S37,914,7l9 more than its
revenues.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

The sacred ratio" bobs up again.
Henry Ford has examined a standard
American submarine and declares it is
sixteen times too big. The fact is,
however, that our submarines are six
teen times too few in number.
The Taney County republican., 1915-10-07

The National Bank OF Commerce
Of St. Louis has been compelled 10 cut
its dividend rate from six to four per
cent. The reason assigned is that
there is small demand for loans and
that the rate Of interest is very low.
This is suggeriive. 1t is evident that
there can be no large industrial or bus
mess activity in this banks circle Of
clients. There is an ocean Of idle
money in this country, but there is no
business to use it except among the
war trade" enterprises.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-02

peded. Evidently the animals
beheld what our men beheld.
The German soldiers endeayoF-
ed 10 bring the horses back 70
the line. but they fed Il was
the salvation Of our men"
That Is 8 tale that might
have passed muster at one
time but in this day Of practical
military efficiency il is hardly
credible. The angels" that
have saved the English. If re-
ports may be beiiered, are
Frenchmen and what is more
they are live Frenchmen. not Of
the heavenly variety.
If this noted divine is repre-
sentative Of English intelli-
gence it is possible we have
here an explanation Of why the
British have not yet driven the
Germans out Of Belgium.