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the imports were the largest OF any
January in the history Of the country,
amounting to $1s4,192,0oo. but the du'
ties collected amounted to only $1br
ga, 900 ;Swhereas, in January, 1913; the
Imports amounted to only $12a ,000, 5000
and yet the duties collected thereon
amounted to $29.000,o00. Had the
Payne bill been In force, the customs
receipts for January would have
amounted to $31 100000, or practically
double those collected under the IN
derwood bill. Mr.. sIeno showed fur.
Their that at the least calculation the
Underwood bill is costing the Govern.
meut loss OF $14,000,000 a month;
that multiplied by II this would give
a loss OF $16S,o00,000 a year, at the
present wartime rate Of importatfoni
that this amount II collected would be
sufficient to meet the Presidents pre-.
paredness program Of 98,000,000, and
leave a balance OF $40 ZOO, 900. which
would warrant the repeal Of the Dem.
ocratic "war tax" imposed-not be.
cause there Is war, but because the
NORWOOD tariff bill is failure. The
repeal OF the Free sugar clause of the
Underwood bill does not, OF course,
mean an increase Of tariff revenue,
because that clause would not go into
erect Until May list, but It does obvt.
ate q still further increase 70 the De.
felt.
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Warsan che Tariff.

Observation-Disclosures have fall.
IN On a8i 10 per cent since the passage
nf tho Underwood bill was shown by
RoprehenEatiye slemp. as set forth in
tlle agures Of the Democratic Treasury
nilicialss During the fiscal year 1915,
q tIill war year the value OF imports
foii olE only q per cent, as compared
With 1913. but the customs revenues
foff on 90 per cent Analyzing the
pemncratie dec list Mr.. Slemp showed
that Il alone had socoasio ned the Gov
cfnmenka loss during 1915 OF $69, 200,-
600; TINT the loss otl duties where the
rateA were ieWered amounted to $50,
Is, had tho duties imposed by the
pnyne bilI heenS collie Gtedl on the actual
imports s. fhsSy6art e16. the customs
raVnnnes WouId8 have been increased
By 5io5s 200, 900 Taking the month OF
January, 1915, ~. slemp IIhoWeds that
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R.UIFF| sT ]
By RED

The Allen family may not belong to.
the FFW but they manage to take a
leading position on the papers once in
a while. ", s.I:t
It won't be SO hard for visitors to Fair
mont to find something to SCOT.
Night schools for foreigners may
sound all right but may! "the voices
Of the night"
"Laymen prepare for evangelist"
Ought to be q news story in that.
american troops will not take
towns" Thought they were sent to
Mexico to hunt villa and capture
It.
IN; Many n! have asked who is behind
Why not read the papers-P ershing
II some of these theatres would get
a law suit on their hands for running
Ice houses they might then invest in
a little heat.
Lloyds is betting that the. war will
be over in a year. The figures are .
over now, including Portugal.
They are ali showing splendid form
at the training camps. But when the
managers tell them to get a hump on
they'll lose that form.
We can't blame man for hitting
a guy named Procop stanko.
A colored gent was struck on the
head by street car Friday. Examin.
alton at the car barn failed to discover
any damage to the car. @s.
Tho Darling Daisy will live to bloom
another week.
France puts the names of all it's
heroes In a book. That's really worth
fighting for.
The ladies must be cold wearing
their bathing suits about the streets
on Sunday.
Charles Bartha1ow is preparing to.
make some Snyder's rcatsup the next
time the streets are slippery.
II tPershing does catch Villa and
kills him, what does Uncle Sam get
out OF 1t 81.
.....-. -, = 4. = n, W.; & =.
Those American horses Villa stole
seem to have been trained perfectly.
1t may be interesting to know that
the guy who swiped the junk and for
whom a warrant was out was not ar
rested because he would not allow. him
self to be: Something corkscrew shap-
ed about that.
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ERLAIN TRUTHS
IHElI!!!!.. DEMOCRATS
Rep. slemp Gives Some
Amazing Figures Re
garding the Tariff.

WASHINGTON, March Rarely
tas the Democratic majority in the
Aons0 been comp lled to listen to so
inNohs plain, funyarnishe truth regard
fiiE fundamental policy OF their party.
81 been 20 defenseless against Rep1b-
ticanfIogicS aa8when on Thursday, the
fouleY voted 848 to. II, to repeal the
tres sugar clause Of the Underwood
tnriR hill. For the most part the Dem
oera8 were compelled to remain
nQuifmtng In their seats, or to occupy
iii nmefallotted for debate with gen.
aral discussion OF irrelevant subjects.
T6e Democratic contention that the
Tseasury deficit was due to the Euro:
peRu war was proved to be wholly
lg0undless by the Republicans, while
no tnjustIcei 10 tax OF a cent a pound
,01 iIats e the Democratic contention
tiiet the consumer pays this tax. be &C.
repted. vas also driven home.
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ever believe 1T Why, II the Demo.
cratic doctrine BIO truo the man who
amid the dust and smoke Of mill, mine
or factory, laborlng ten hous day.
supporting himself and his family by
the sweat Of his brow, will pay more
of this tax than the useless parasite
who spends his unearned millions, who
rides In his high.powered auto, feeble.
mindedly putting his doped cigarette,
with his childless wife and her per.
fumed and powdered Pomeranian,
Gentlemen, did, you ever believe. what
for years you have preached, except
during political campaigns when the
fatal hunger for office was gnawlnG
at your vttals? If, as you have always
the tariff Is a tax. how dare
you impose a tax which falls SO heav-
lily on the poor man with his large
family and SO lightly on the rich? Why
have you not the courage OF your con.
victton? Why doyou not impose di.
rect tax on. incomes which will compel
the rich man to pay a share ,of. the tax
In proportion to his wealth"
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Tsir taria nsasures are admitted IN their own ranks
to he wnrthlssss theft axaon schemes have met With
leafty dsspsroyai their poiey nregard to the var IN
urops has mads tie united statss the aughing stock
sof the MexicGnE poney las beeasa
tragedy
the present the ruthless
murder OF American citizens and wholesale
destruction o.. American property years Of dly
daying and 'watchfu waiting forced to take
action IN Meico when hrm policy at the outset might
have saved much.
There Is nc thing that the Democratic party can put to
the voters TO warrant their confidence continue In
power FicE:eness and have been the pre-
dominant features Of the present admintstrat
BrouEh. into power through break in the
ranks the present leaders failed their opportuntes
and drowning hood ofpubc dsspproval they grasp
at any straw. pzT @s u & s
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An lunlunt Tag.

Taking up the assertion OF the DEM
ocrats that 1.-THE tariff is q, tax: 1t is ad.
ded to the price OF the article; the con.
sumer pays It." Representative Hum.
phrey scored the Democrats for voting
to retain tax of cent o pound on
sugar: why should the party that
has always posed AZ q particular
friend OF the Door, the enemy Of the
rich, levy tar on sugar?'' he in
CURED. Certainly sugar Is a neces.
slty.& suEaESi s life. Why should Il be
taxed Itsyou must levy q tax, why
not levy It as nearly asspossibie ac:
cordIng TO the ability OF those taxed
to pay Il? You have said ten ttous:
and times that a tariff on 6ugar was a
that II was an unjust tax
which Oppressed the poor and permit.
ted the rich to, escape their share OF
the burden. Now you propose to make
the poor man pay as much as the rich
man. + ssyours atateme ntB in the past
have been true, the day 1aborer, who
gets 42gas day will pay as much tag
% q bank president. DO! you gentle;
me on that side believe THU? Didigou
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nsEEING. REDO

600 REING red" is old expression. It means that
you want to fight Many people have the unhap;
py faculty Of "seeng red without. ADEQUATE provo:
cation hut no one be blamed for wanting to fight
when 40 secs some person abusing dumb animal es-
pecialIy faithful horse. y
It is -apor:ed from reliable source that certain driy:
ers fnFtrn ont been abusing their horses The
Humane Society officer has his eye on them and We sin;
cerey hope that he will do his duty and arrest oil such
offenders il they fail to such aboinable practice
after being And Furthermore we hope that the
extreme penalty will be given those arrested If
restr are made. 4
Any clan Who will numerically wallop horse Is
WELL hs is rot man at all: There s more faithful
il the world than the average horse and when one
sees soe urcouh driver flashing horse when there is
no easrn al all the world such action one almost
becomes Convinced that the public whipping post Is
worthy inst. ution for such individuals.
Let hope that the practice Of few thoughtess
drivers will be dscontinue that drastic action
will need be taken against them But II the horsebeat
will listen let the law take its course
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AMERICA FIRST
VERY TRUE.

AEsfollowing comment from an exchange Is worthy
ofconsileration:
Yesterday. we called on the telephone a business
this city gentleman answered the call
nsEered considerate as well as courteous
one cannot see with his eyes the man on the other
gephone llnebuto can see him with the
with exceeding distinctness, and one al
is talking to gentleman or not
whsttst hesbe garbed in overals and streaked with
grease Or dressed In swallow.tail for banquet
things that life pleasant in this part
% dc that OF the men that one calls on
the telephone are gentlemen"
stopped to consider that every time
you. talk telephone you are doing more than
merely holding conversation. In fact in many In
ssa1ces yon making Impression for good or bad
On the psrtyS 81 the other end Of the wire
lyol talklike Crouch are booked as one: you
talklke gentleman you credited With being one.
courteous considerate in disposition you
t display the telephone; Il you not you WIN
INSTRUMENTATION wire.
character reading the telephone is nothing
neW.s
what telephone reputation are you building
tEorsS deystotday.
ItsWclthswhile to make IL good.
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elgn orders and with no expense to the
Government. He pointed out the HSss,
mense benefit to Germany which haA
resulted from'the worldwide business
of the rupps, a business which had
resulted in, the maintenance Of the
greatest and best-equipped mills in the
world and the accumulation of vast
stores Of raw and partly finished ma
terial. designated to be sold to foreign
nations, but all Of which was available
to Germany when war came.
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stayed with the train and did their
duty. Besides the medals OF honor the
company gave the brakemen eight
days OF with pay.

According to the Spencer Times
Record, Captain Harry H. Holswade
is making a strong pull for state and
national assistance in organizing and
eQuiDping q troop Of cavalry at that
place. Captain HolswadG has taken the
matter up with Adtutant General Bond
and there IS good prospects for sue
cess Of the project. If Capt Holswade
Is successful in this, Spencer will have
the honor of being first to- organize q
cavalry troop in, connection: with the
National Guard In the State Of West
Virginia.
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wi CERTAIN.

RoNE day It becomes more evident that next
Norsmber VIII bring sweeping Republican victory
altoyeE country. A united Republican party will
claim from coast coast The present admins
ssatlon dos rroyed atotal failure. Never did the Dem
cctae better chance to do something worth
htls; never did they have so many chapces to make
ead; but have fallen down in every respect.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-20

After physicians had been for weeks
perplexed as to the cause of the illness
OF George Mathes. well known young
Charleston man, Mathes himself SOW
ed the question by coughing up the.
trouble-a piece of dental bridgswork.
Mathes Immediately began to;recover.
"That bridge was loose. and u must
have swallowed 1t in my sleep, SAID
Mathes. 1.-THE doctor found that 1t had
lodged at the entrance OF my lungs"
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srler Ia Really Heath. /

Brler pipes are not made from the
wild rose brier. The name is q cor
rrption OF the French word Bruyere
theath) The earliest brier pipes
were introduced into England In 1859!
and were made from the roots OF the
French white heath erica arboreal !!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-20
W q. eshe.ir1ss al Insano.

There were no Chrtstians among
the early Gauls,t was one answer res
.ceIyed In a recent grammar school
history examilatto lon q they were most
II lawyers SAID anot her: Y biz
cara % tho inside ots 9 hem
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-20

Word has been received at Mont
rom cry that a line is to be built from
Vaughan on Twenty-Mile Creek, into
q hundred thousand acre boundary In
the Middle Creek section OF Clay coun-
ty, now being rounded up by the Hart
Bros. Of Clarksburg, and others, OF
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, for coal leases.
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cry, was the guest Of j. W. Mont
gomery Sunday and Monday. Though
he hes resided Just over the scorpor-
ate line, Mr. RICE had not been in:
Montgomery for720 years, the last time
he was 'up-townsb being when therefWas
butthree5 business houses in the town
He ist77 years Of age. His imp esBioa
of the town will. be told In an article
concerning. his, visit which viii be
printed in the News. The purpose of
his VISIT on Sunday was to unite with
the N. q. church, South, into which
church hei was, taken ats the Sunday
morning service" t.ssS 4 ". " "
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The amony club is not all it's cracked up to be, ac
cordipg 30 New York member who has just resigned
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patiently waiting for someone set the inva
MexicoIto music And when somebody does, don't
te sutpaEedsnEWeiw want to fight.
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Newspaper Man Criminal Who Puts Across Scoop
saya head oh, what's the USE
Nobody put poison IN the soup at the centennial ban
quet at PITTSBURGH.
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Peace rumors have again been revived 1t does not
take much to revive rumor Of any kind.
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COST OF NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION

0lNcE the war began the cost Of tie raw materials
- which go into the making of newspaper has In
creased from fifteen to one hundred per cent. And
the end il not yet In sight While there is no prospect
OF Ealing eff In price of any of the materials 1t is GER
tain that the prices of paper metals rollers and ets
viii continue to until declared and probably
for some years thereafter.
All the country publishers confronting these
conditions. in normal times few newspapers Yield
large margns of profit distinguished English journal
list once sei speaking OF the American newspaper that
nowhere In the whole world could there be found any
thing which represented much value for the price
It is evident that under present conditions the only
Iuto for the newspapers s increase in rate to par
italy OFFSET the Increased production they
to continue to give the public the service to which they
have become accustomed
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The katoric cofey House gone pot SO to speak
1t is to be converted into Office building
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West virsinian- Want IDS. Bring
Quick Results
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while the United states watchfuny waited, villa got
a10omIc start
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Trying TO 1nd an excuse or argument to use aga!nR
good roads ie like hunting needle Ia haystack
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The Montgomery News says: "Mr.
William Rigg, who has resided for
more than a quarter Of a. century on
the Rigs place just below Montgom.
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A german paper sees long war with Mexico. The hor-
lion IS the limit Of vision with the German editors
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- S. "a LiesietufeFs AfibIs
When a lecturer has told sail hef
knows, he Just naturally begins to-
talk about what ought to be 6one.=5s
Boston Journal. III III
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Theeanings Of the United Steel Co for 1916 are
ported s72s.sss,6ss "Thems" just figures to US.
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Did you exercise your walking stick yesterday. Fine
day for :t
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1t may be interesting to know that
the guy who swiped the junk and for
whom a warrant was out was not ar.
rested because he would not allow him.
self to be. Something corkscrew shap-
ed about that, n 81
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"Laymen prepare for evangelist"
Ought to be q news story in that.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-07
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
CAPT PERKINS DIES SUDDENLY.
Wounded Three Weeks Previously
Had Almost Recovered.

Can't. o. ]. Perkins, of the stan
dard Oil Company's towboat paddoek'
who was shot in the abdomen inc
night of Sept. 13 by Melodla Clark
a negress formerly employed as COOK
on the boat, died at the Hotel D1eu
in New Orleans Wednesday. Capt.
Perkins had practically recovered
from his wound and expected to leave
the hospital in few days. he ex-
pired suddenly while seated IN an
invalid chair. Heart disease Is pc
lieved to have been the cause OF ms
death.
According to the statement made
by Capt. Perkins at the time OF the
shooting, he had had trouble with the
Clark woman, and had discharged her
She asked to be allowed to ride on the
boat to Eaincourtville, where she re-
sided, arhg) the request was granted.
When Paincogstville was reached cached
Capt. Perkins went into the htcneh
to see that the woman left the boat.
She refused to go, and producing a
22-calibre rifle, fired at Capt. Perkins
at point-blank range. The bullet en-
tered his stomach and pierced the
liver. When he reached New Orleans
physicians pronounced his wound
dangerous, but not necessarily fatal.
He recovered rapidly, and his sudden
death was a surprise to the attending
physicians.
Capt. Perkins was 40 years old and
was native of Iowa, where he leaves
a mother, father and sister.
The Clark woman is in jail at Ma
poleonville, having been arrested I'M
medately after the shooting.
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Arrests Negro Burglar.

Brown Mingle, negro connected
with the plantation minstrel show now
playing an engagement at the South
Louisiana Fair, was arrested by Of
ficer Lucien Acosta, Jr., at about 80
o'clock this morning, while walking
down Lessard street with two brand
new suit cases. This morning it was
learned that the cases were stolen
from the Meter store last night, and
that the negro arrested by Officer
Acosta was guilty of the theft. He
broke into the store through rear
door, and after providing himself with
the suit cases proceeded to fill them
with an assortment of clothing, shirts,
shoes, handkerchiefs, neckties, and
other apparel. Officer Acosta's sus-
picion was directed toward the man
because of the fact that the latter
was out at such a late hour carrying
two brand new suit goes Uhich were
apparently heavily pack and he
proceeded to take the eetgro into
custody.
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Sunday School Rally Day.

Rally day exercises were held Sun
day at the Methodist church under the
auspices of the Sunday School, the
following program being rendered
Music by the choir, Mrs. |. L. Tyree,
leader; welcome to school and visit
ors, Supt. H. L. Baker; song, "All
Hail the Power of Jesus Name"
school; responsive psalm reading,
superintendent and school; song,
Loyalty to Christ" school; prayer,
led by pastor and concluding with
Lords prayer in concert; study of
the days Bible lesson in the various
classes; secretary's report of the days
record, Thos. @. Chapman; song, BE
a Blessing" school; recitation, HE
is Counting on You," Lamar Lowrey
recitation, Children Over the Sea, !"
Sarah Young vocal solo, The Sinner
and the Song IT. Il. Bals III exercise,
sFTeralds of the KingdoFn, junior
class; recitation, "A Helping Hand, =
Grace Lowrey; solo and chorus, Marie
Winter and choir; ten-minute adj
dress by the pastor, Rev. P. O.
Lowrey, on the educational and
spiritual value of the Sunday School;
song, Help Somebody Today"
school; recitation, God Needs You in
His Greatest Work." Ruth Lowrey;
song, Little Feet, Be Careful Where
You Take Me TO-" primary depart
ment; recitation, "Why We Take an
Offering" Francis Lowrey; offertory
solo, Miss Mildred Buquoi; closing
song, open the Door for the Chill
dren," school; dismissal, benediction
sentence pronounced by the school
in unison.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-07
"FIGHTING FOR WOMAN SUI
! FRAGE."

The National Woman Suffrage AS
ISOLATION held its annual meeting at
Atlantic City recently, and Presi-
dent Wilson made a fifteen minute
speech to the 1000 delegates on the
9th instant.
Among the most striking state
ments in the presidents address was
the declarations II have come here
to fight with you Whenever I have
come to Atlantic City previously [
have come to fight against somebody,
but on this trip have come to fight
with somebody | have felt the
wholesome contagion of the occa-
sion.'
Expressing the belief that woman
suffrage would be realty in little
while, President Wilson added signif-
icantly that there would be no falling
out as to the method by which the re-
suit was to be accomplished.
The big az Onbly of women cheer
ed these utteTances with much en-
thusiasm and the president Of the as
ISOLATION, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
said to the distinguished speaker,
You touched our hearts and won our
fealty when you said you had come
here to fight with US.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-07
a STRING OF FAIRS.

The grand jefferson parish fair at
Gretna last week was the leader OF q
string Of similar expositions to be
held at various towns ii south Lou
Isl til people 81 a4llais rossa,t of
the state Should unite IN making them
al notable successes.
The second Of the series is the
South Louisiana Fair Associations
annual four-day display at Donald
sonville, which opened Thursday and
closes tomorrow.
These local expositions. have come
to be regarded as important factors
in the agricultural, industrial and
commercial progress of the communi-
ties and sections in which they are
conducted, and the series Of 1916
promise to exceed in magnitude and
variety of exhibits any of the fairs
yet conducted in the rural parishes
of this state.