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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
An Unfortunate Parallel

The New York World, the special
organ OF the Wilson administration, re
proaches the republicans with extreme
partisanship in voting against another
years extension OF the crude special
taxes levied last year to overcome a
deficit, due in part to shameless ex.
travagance and in part to bcngling
tariff making. 1t says that the repub'
!icans should emulate the action Of the
democrats OF the fifty fifth congress in
voting in favor Of placing $4,000, 900
in President McKinley's hands 10 be
used as he saw fit for preparations for
the imminent war with Spain. The
World, in the first place, lorgets that
the democratic floor leader Of the house,
in speech April q, 1898, complained
that the democrats were compelled
to place S5O,OOO,OO0 under the abso-
lutte direction OF the president OF the
United States" In the second place,
the World overlooks the attitude OF the
democrats Of the same congress toward
bill for raising revenue to meet the
bills Of the war, then in progress, a
war Champ Clark said the democrats
brought on. He said, in tis pictur'
esque, language, I'VE took the repub'
licans BY the scruf Of the neck and
and dragged them into this war"
Yet it took the war revenue measure
forty eight days 10 get to President
Mckinley alter il was presented TO the
House. Every kind Of an amendment
was offered. Pettigrew tried to tacE
on an antitrust measure, Allen sough
to take away note issuing power from
national banks. Mills proposed a hori
zantal cut OF the DINGHY rates and Nor
gan wanted to experiment with an in
come TAX which might get by the su
preme court. Coinage Of the silve
seignorage, an issue Of greenbacks AM
the sale Of 8 per cent treasury note
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

Congressman Park, democrat, OF
Georgia, recently addressed the house
or representatives in condemnation Of
the changes the democratic admins
tration has made in the rural mail ser
vice. He said: There is great dis
satisfaction because Of this delayed
delivery Of the mails" and again; "Ol
all the changes made under any ad-
ministration in any department OF the
government, this change in the rural
route service has created more discon'
tent, dissatisfaction and antagonism. "
When criticisms such as this were
voiced by republicans from northern
states, the answer OF the democratic
press was that it was mere partisan
carping This expression from part
of the country that has been especially
favored by the post Office department,
and By a member Of the party in power,
ought SO be accepted as conclusive
evidence Of the bad management under
which our postal service has fallen.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
Is a Farm Congress

Columbia, Mo, Dec. %, go farmers
Week this year is to be truly state
farm congress, twenty hree state wide
agricultural and livestock organizations
having issued calls for annual meetings
in Columbia at that time.
The number of state meetings stood
at uplucky % until to-day, when the
secretary # the state board Of agricul-
ture announced the call for a state
convention on market conditions ior
Wednesday, January 5th, at 200 p.
m.. in Columbia.
This convention will include a con
ference on marketing that will take up
the vital questions Of farm life to-day.
It will be addressed by state and ma
tional experts dealing in practical ways
and means. P. G. Holden, H. J,
Waters, William Hirih, DR.. E. H.
Bullock, Sam Jordan, W. D. Mckee
and others will take part in the program.
The agricultural secretary declares
that it will pay any farmer, merchant,
banker, minister or editor interested in
country life TO attend Farmers Week,
which offers more this year iu the five
days than ever before, both for men
and for women. 1t will pay in cold
dollars and cents, within ninety days,
several times what it costs to make
the trip.
The problems Of production will not
be overlooked during the week, but
the blunt needs for distribution and
marketing viii! come in for a straight
share this year. One Of the nigh
speakers will deal with keeping oper
the competitive markets and increasing
competition. One night address rs OF
Missouri agriculture in the world mar
kets following the war. Another ma
tional speaker will deal with the iutur,
OF the live stock markets. Anothe
will prove TO you that Missouri is tn
coming center Of the dairy industr
OF the west.
Citizens in different sections Of tn
state are getting up Pullman car partie
and will live in the cars while in Co
lumbia. The town is opening its door
and guarantees quarters at low rates Il
all visitors. Special train accomoda
tions are planned TO both main lines
| Advance reservations are made by ad
dressing the Columbia Commercial
Cub. One Of the finest programs vii
be on Monday night, January 3rd
when John Atwood speaks on Sword
and PlowshaEes.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
Extending The War Tax

The House, By narrow majority oil
sixteen, has passed resolution extend
ing the so-called war tax for another
year. The action was expected and
even imperative, provided the Demo
Gratis determined to follow their theor'
les as to the proper sources Of revenue
aud persevere in extravagant appropri-
ations. The Democrats are poor on
estimates. They estimated that the
ordinary" receipss for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1915, would be
S7l8,O0O, 900 and that the ordinary"
expenditures would be S7l0,O0O,OOO
These estimates eliminated post Office
expenditures. But the ordinary re-
ceipts were only $697,9l0,S2758,
while the ordinary disbursements were
S73l,399 1911, leaving an actual
deficit OF $33, ,488,93l So instead Of
the estimated surplus OF $lS, 100000
The excess OF total disbursements was
S57,442, ,509.75. These figures are
quoted from an article by Chairman
Fitzgerald Of the House Committee
on Appropriations.
The custom receipts for the first
four months OF the present fiscal year
were nearly $4,000, 900 less than for
the corresponding months Of last year.
Yet the Treasury Department esti'
mates" s240,000,00o from customs
far this year as against its estimate oi
S22O, 100000 last year, The pctusl
receipts from that source last year
were S2O9,0 100000. The budget pro-
vides for sl70, 100000 greater ex-
penditures for 1917 than for 1916, Of
which only S03, 100000 is due to ex,
traordinary military and naval expendi'
lures. Either a bond issue or extra
taxation is necessary.
The Republicans and Progressves
voted against the House resolution,
not because the money was not need
ed, but because they felt that there
were other ways Of getting it. Imports
for the year ending November 80,
were greater in value than for any year
prior to 1918. The Underwood rates
stimulated importations Of free articles
The Republicans would prefer increas'
tariff duties to special taxes on business
transactions. Mr.. Mann objected to
years extension on the ground that
conditions may change so as to make
this form oI taxation unnecessary. MI.
Cannon suggested the sale Of Panama
Canal bonds to reimburse the treasury
for advances on great permanent i'm
provement. The Democrats have
practically used up Sl66, 900, ,0OO
treasury balance the Republicans left
them at the end OF the fiscal year 1918
They might as well draw on past Re
publican savings from the current rev
enue. But the word bonds" trghl'
en- every Democrat. viii the mrgin
be narr)wer when the additional wa
tax mels lsures come to a vote in the
House?-Globe Democrat
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
Tariff Issues and Others

Washington, Dec % The Lunch
con which the Democratic National
Committee enjoye@ at the White House
was the first hospitality OF the kind
which the President has ever shown 10
the organization Of his party. Some Of
the committeeman, recalling this and
knowing that a President may wish TO
see TO come to The White House,
W Re little surprised to hear Mr..
Wilson emphasizing thr isolation"
of his life at the Ex cutiv" Mansion.
And some ot them RI cied that his
lie had no. been so excessively "iso-
lated" after all.
The President was hardly less happy
a, he trJ,d to ralk slang 10 his guests
The D5mocrs.il National Committee
men ar by no mears fnicky, ard
some ol hem admit TO deficiencies
in grammar and diction. But they
look Tor som thing different in a Pres
ident, aud they cannot understand
whether the President was trying to get
himself down to what he thought to be
their level or whether he is trying
new pose with which to follow the
If citation of isolation" which cannot
be much longer maintained.
However, the committeeman we're
politely responsive TO the Presnent's
fors. They relished the food and
they Uttered decorously when he spoke
OF getting things of his chest" and
when he said the Republicans are
taking through their hats. They
maintained, also, the expected silence
when he asked them if the Republi-
cans had any issue except the tariff.
This question betrays narrowness
Of political horizon which is incompre-
hensible here, and is regarded as proof
OF the care with which Tumul,y has
guarded Mr.. Wilson'S life from the in.
trusion Of newspaper and other criti-
cism. While republicans would be
vastly content to fight next years cam
paign on no other issue than the tariff,
they are in fact, surrounded by an EN-
banassment OF riches when they con
template the manner in which the
fight may be carried on. Mexico, for
eign relations in general, the Treasury
deficit, the exravagance Of Congress,
the bungling Of legislation, the de-
morallzaiion Of the public service, the
evasive attitude regarding preparedness,
the socialstic ship purchase bill-thesf
and scores Of other errors, failures and
disasters will be made a source Of at
tack upon the Administration when j
seeks an endorsement a, the polls.
Mr.. Wilson once said tina; his i
"a single track mind" and he neve
gave better evidence Of it than wher
. he asked this question.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
Severe Competition From Japan

P. L. Guiterman, OF Guiterman,
Rosenield & Co., New York, importers
and exporters, returned from abroad
recently. He advises American manu-
iacturers and merchants who hope for
a continuance Of a large export trade
when the European war is over that
they will be obliged 10 contend with
severe competition on the part Of jap
anese producers. who are initiating
German products and selling them at
low prices in Russia, England, and other
countries. The Japanese manulactur
ers," says Mr.. Guiterman, have al
ready been clever enough TO get hold
Of any quantity OF German samples in
various lines, and they are initiating
these exactly and offering them to
England at prices, in many instances
as low as. or even lower.than formerly
paid TO German factories"
Investigations Of the Chamberlain
British tariff commission made a few
years ago developed the fact that, on
an average, the wage scale in Japan
and other oriental countries was one
sixth that OF England. And the En-
glish wage scale is less than one hall
that OF. United States, As two-thirds
the cost OF producing merchandise in
the United States is paid to labor,
what suggestion have our democratic
friends to make in regard to compel.
ing with a couutry whose wage scale
is less than one twelfth Of our own?
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

immigration into the United States
for 1915 was slightly more than ll6,0
as compared with 81, $4,000 for 1918.
In the meantime many thousands Of
laborers have gone to Europe to take
part in the war. Thus has our uncm-
ployment problem teen helped. And
the democrats claim credit for it.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

In his opening message to the pres
ent congress, President Wilson said not
one word about economy not cne
word in condemnation Of extravaganza.
The Baltimore platform must have
turned over in the grave in which its
authors buried it.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30


For the fiscal year 1915 there was
a total Of 295,723 personal and cor
pora,ion income'tax returns to be ex
amined, and with the present force Of
274 field officers, making examinations
at the same average rate as experience
has shown that they are able TO go, il
will require three and half years for
this force to complete the examination
Of the transcripts that will be sent to
the agents for examination ia the pres.
ent fiscal year." That is quoted from
Secretary McAdoo's annual report, and
is one OF his arguments for an increase
in his force Of income tax employees
additional provisions Tor feeding more
deserving democrats" at the public
crib.
According to that statement each
field officer has 1880 income tax re,
turns TO examine, which, at his present
rate OF examination, will reluire-al-
lowing 800 working days to year
1850 days to complete. In other
words. the force is examining returns
at the rate OF one return per man per
day. which is a fair sample Of demo
cratic efficiency. And OF this type Of
employees, hundreds were appointed
temporarily by the treasury depart
ment, and then blanketed into the
United States civil service By executive
order Of President Woodrow Wilson,
formerly vice president Of the National
Civil Service Reform League, who, on
being elected president Of the United
States, withdrew from the league, say
ing in letter to its chairman: ! beg
you to believe that my interest in and
my sympathy with the work Of the
civil service reform league has moi
been and canno, be abated."
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30
Dead or Alive

They are offering a large reward for
General Villa, alive or dead" down
in Mexico now. Knowing his charac-
ter as we'll as we do, It seems likely that
il they get him at all it will be dead.
He never has been the sort to quit
without a struggle.
Poor Villa. Only a few months ago
he was the best bet in Mexico. II
appeared that he, among all the other
would be leaders, was the cnly one
with enough character 10 hold down
the presidential chair that became so
used to accommodating Porfrio Diaz it
squeaks under the weight Of any other,
Villa was rough and cruel and revenge
lul aud bloodthirsty under stress, but
the world hoped ne would reform
when he once arrived at some position
Of security where he might find time
to 60 about it. He might have, too,
so far as that goes. But he never ar
rived at a place where he had any
time to make the effort.
But now in the parlance OF the
gamin, he's blowed-up goose. He
has lost his generals and his army and
his territory and has fed for his life
from his native land. Probably this
morning he is idling, a lurtive and
pathetic figure, In some friendly cottage
in Fl Paso, thinking Of the opportun'
tiles that have slipped away and specu.
lating on the seriousness OF his former
compatriots who are hunting MIN for
big reward that is TO be paid for his
apprehension, dead or alive.
So runs the world away. The hopes
Of mortal man are ever being smother
ed with the banners Of yesterdays
victories. Joplin Globe.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

New Orleans has a director Of the
bureau Of educational research who
who distrusts himself as too much Of a
doctrinaire on the subject Of education.
That he may revise his opinions in the
light OF contemporary facts, he has
deciped TO 90 to school again. He
has begun in the first grade in the
elementary school, from which he will
sise from division to division TO division
Of the eight grades, and then report to
tie superintendent on what the school
ing has meant to him, wherein he
considers the instruction improvable
and how the courses Of study may be
changed for the better. OF course he
will still be subject 10 the criticism
that, as an adult, he cannot possibly
get the child point Of view, though he
becomes" Que Of them again. But
the experiment is interesting neverthe'
less, and TO some extent will reflect,
/ in whatever concrete reforms flow from
it, an interior rather than an exterio
verdict. Christian Science Monitor.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

Very appropriately, one OF the first
acts Of the new democratic congress
was the passage OF an urgent deficiency
appropriation.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

was 81, ,302, 100000, or only SIS Oo0,-
| 600 less than for the same period in
| 1918 Bu, while in 1918 we collect
ed for the nine months duties amount
ing to S242,624,000, in 1915 the
duties collected totaled only Sl4S, ,225,-
900, or almost S10O,000,0O less.
The deficit in our revenues should not
be attributed to the war, bnt must be
charged to the defect in legislation
which reduced our revenue from tariff
duties without making adequate pro-
vision for raising from other sources
the revenues required,
Congressman Madden, Of Illinois. --
I read a squib in a newspaper the
o,hsy day to this ellect An Italian
Appeared before court to make ap'
plica,ion for naturalization papers and
in the course Of the examination the
judge inquired to him il he belonged
to any society that was inimical to the
interests Of the United States, and he
said that he was a Democrat And |
think that no society that could be
organized anywhere within the bound
aries Of the United States could have
done more harm to the American
people than the Democrats have done
since the Inauguration OF President
Wilson to the Presidency They have
opened the ports oI America tc the
, markets of the world. They have
closed the factories and the workshops
and thrown American workmen out
of employment They have taxed
them beyond every hope and reason,
and today we pay every kind Of tax
under the sun. They came into
power on the promise Of an econom'
ical expenditure Of the public money
They have been most recklessly extra
VACANT in that respect Of any party
that ever existed. The people
throughout the land are protesting
against the iniquity Of this law. They
do not want it renewed. It ought no
to be. It ought nevet to have beer
-. enacted
o Congressman Mondell, Of Wyom
l ing. In the goad old days-in the
j. good old Republican days Uncle Sam
proud, dignifed, prosperous, sat in the
!, place Of customs and from the good:
and wares offered there in competi'
IS ton with the labor and industry Of oul
country collected goodly sums without
burden TO our people, which met
1t abundantly the public needs. But To-
IS day Uncle Sam, worried, abashed
Y apologetic, stands hat in hand, beg
ging pennies at the telephone booths
levying tribute on little children and
sweet girl graduates in the tax on gum
j Even the chastened joy With which We
e pay our debts by giving new note il
: chilled and dampened by the shadow
{ Of the Treasury taking its toll Of oul
Is hard earned promises TO pay. Wheth
er we bny or sell or borrow, the Dem
ocratic administration stands al ou
shoulders, a beggar Of picayunes
h while sleek well-fed publicans in the
e form OF Democratic tax gatherers take
&c a large toll from the dimes and pen
. MES wrung from burdened people
ere they fling the remainder into the
y yawnings vaults Of an empty Treasury
I. New Orleans has a director OF tht
re bureau Of educational research Wit
Ie who distrusis himself as too much OF
y. doctrinaire on the subject Of education
A. That he may revise his opinions in thu
D. light OF contemporary facts, he ha
le deciped 10 go to school again. HI
c. has beoun in the first grade in thI
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

About $50 motor cars are leaving
New York every week for Europe.
The value Of such vehicles exported
during 1915 was slOO,OOO,OOO-an an
increase Of $50 per cent over 1914.
Grea is war as builder Of American
trade
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-12-30

we're other proposals. Only FIVE dem
ocrats OF the house voted Ior the con-
ference report, Cummings and Nc
Clellen OF New York City, briggs Of
Brooklyn, Fitzgerald Of Boston and
McAleer Of Philadelphia. Kitchin and
Baukhead voted against it. Under
wood was absent. Every Democratic
member from Missouri, except Benton,
who was absent, was against it; Clark,
Lloyd, Dockery, Bodine, Cochran,
Cowherd, DeArmond, Bland, Cooney,
Robb and Vandiver. This was a real
emergency tax, to carry on war for
which all had voted. Globe Democrat.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-10

treat to meet this time-honored Geor-
gian, for the time being it was the
same as being back in the Empire
State. You have to be away from the
grand old state about year to realize
just how much you miss it, and how
profoundly it pleases you to run a.
cross Georgian. Mr. Barrett was
well acquainted with the Hon. Josiah
Carter and was delighted when in
formed that the Journal was on a
solid foundation and being ably edit
We wish this redoubtable gent
lemGn long, prosperous life aud
many more happy returns to Wash
ing ton.
1t is with particular pleasure, l
note that the North Georgia Confer
ence has sent the Rev. w. o. But
Ter to Smyrna, Cobb County. A grand
er man than he doesn't occupy the
pulpit. He has always been a 1eac-
less advocate of private and public
morals, and an untiring supporter Oh
local and national prohibition. IN
pronouncing this paean | am CON-
plimenting rather than depreciating
the ether members OF his noble and
exalted calling. Brother Butler is
truly worker Tin the vineyard Of
the Lord" l knew him over a quar-
ter OF a century ago when he was
helping to fight the battles of local
prohibition in the counties of Frank
lin, Hart and Ebert He is truly
one Of the intrepid Pioneers in this
great march to the goal of national
prohibition, he will prove a decided
impetus to the religious, moral and
intellectual development of all North
Georgia. w. M. HI.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-12-10
They Let Hin.
Sleep Sou7dly

Sirce taking Foley Kidney Pills
believe l am entirely cured and I
sleep soundly all night" H T.
Straynge.
Take two of Foley Kidney Pills
with glass of pure water after each
meal and at bedtime. A quick and
easy way to put a stop to your get
night.
Foley Kidney Pills also stop pain
IN back and sides, headaches, stom-
ach troubles, disturbed heart action,
stif and aching joints, and rheumatic
mentS.
Gainesville, Ga, r. r. No. s. Mr..
r. I. Straynge says; For ten years
I've been unable to sleep all night
without getting up. Sometimes only e
rev minutes after going to bed L,
nave to get up, and 1 tried everythin;
! heard Of for the trouble. asst Yea
4 tried Foley Kidney Pills and aftel
taxing one bottle / believe ] am en-
eirely cured and I sleep soundIy all
Sold Everywhere.