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The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1916-04-20


Hon. W. s. Barry presided as presi-
dent of that convention with Col. J. L.
Power as secretary.
1t was just before the adoption of the
ordinance that blue silk flag, bearing
in its center long white star was sent
to the president The flag had been
made by Mrs. Homer Smythe, wife of
printer of this scity and when the Presi
dent shook its folds open, it is said a
mighty cheer arose and the ordinance
of secession was adopted.
Harry Mccarthy, a famous minstrel,
was present and was so affected that he
extemporiz I'd the words for THE Bonn l.
Blue Flag" singing it the next night at
the jackson theatre, where he was ap-
pearing.
During the Civil War the Old Capitol
was abandoned as the seat of govern
ment after the attack ON Vicksburg, the
seat of government being moved to Co.
lumbus. During this time the Capitol
building was freqently in the hands of
| Federal soldiers and the records of the
State were badly scattered many prec-
ious papers being either lost or destroy
ed through their vandalistic agency.
During the dying hours of the Civil
War Governor Clark, the war Governor
of this State called a session of the Legis
lature to meet in the Old Capitol. This
session lasted only one hour and adopt
ed only one resolution---that asking the
release from prison of the beloved Mis-
sissippian, Jefferson Davis. Governor
Clark was removed from office by Fed
eral soldiers.
In 1866 constitional convention was
held in the new Capitol, later Governor
Benjamin G. Humphries presided in it as
Governor until removed by the soldiery.
And then came Ames-the one man
hated most Of all Mississippi's oppress-
ors. Cane with his horde of negro fol-
lowers his motley crew of carpetbaggars
who preyed upon the fair State until it
seemed as if a merciful Providence
| mlgnC IN KindnoSS, reach OuC AIS StroHS
hands and destroy all
The writer recalls hearing a story to
the effect that on one occasion negro
lawmaker offered bill in the House of
Representatives to permit miscegenation.
He has heard stories OF Ames consort-
| ing there with his negro advisers and
writing kilograms to Washington pray
ing for more soldiers to keep the white
pfooie in submission.
He has heard of a condition in this
State that made it unsafe fer white
woman to walk far from the beaten
paths by day or to venture alone on the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-05
Incompetency brought forth.

incompetency brought forth.
The absolute necessity for the pr s.
perity of the American producer s
the control of his home mark :.
Without that mooring place he is the
sport Of every trade wind that blows.
Under the present Democratic ta~'ff
law he is losing this home mar e..
That law must be changed if there is
to be given to American production
the necessary anchor to windward
when the foreign trade winds blaw
wrong and strong.
Another vital condition is that a.
di~idual effort in the United sta 3
shall not be unfairly checked and con-
fined by such hostile legislation as is
lh-ing enacted by the Democratic par
| ty. If success is to bring with it nan-
atty and punishment, which seems 20
he the underlying Democratic Drin-
-le the American citizen will be
g handicaped at home as to be able
abroad.
The well being of the country is
demanding the restoration to power
Of the party of construction ins' oad
of the party of destruction. There
has been more than enough of hoau-
tiful theory and glittering platitude.
The rule of rhetoric has had its day.
There is no longer awe or curiosity
about such soulful things as 'the new
freedom and "the constitution Of
peace"
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THE NEW DEMOCRA.
TIC TARIFF LAW
How 1t Was Made and What 1t Did

The Underwood tariff law was
framed upon theory discredited by
public distress and private suffering,
whenever any attempt was made to
carry it out. People cannot be plac-
ed in direct competition with the peo-
pies of Europe, whose standards of
living are much below ours, and still
maintain the American standard. Di-
rect competition with Europe, with
out protection to industries and la
bor. means that Americans must re-
duce their standards of living to
nearly those of Europe; and every
reduction is an injury and a priva-
tion.
The Ways and Means Committee,
which made the bill upon the lines
drawn by President Wilson, consulted
neither producer nor employer OF la
Dor. Few, If any, of the men who
framed the law had any personal
knowledge of the problems that
must be faced and solved by the
American producer. They were un-
acquainted with the conditions and
the competition that the farmer and
manufacturer must meet and over
come. They could prove complete
alibi if charged with any knowledge
of the industrial world anywhere. To
them an excursion into the realm OF
factory and workshop; into the vital
problems of production cost, and
comparative wages of this country
and the lands across the sea; into the
consideration of the handicaps of the
American producer; would be but a.
mother journey of alice in Wonder
land"
Nor did the Underwood Committee
seek knowledge from those who pos
sess the information which they them
selves lacked. At the scant hearings
that were given upon the subject,
there was little intelligent effort to
get facts. 1t was hazing process
to any producer who was daring
enough to appear and say that he was
in favor of protection to American in
dustry. In every possible way the
committee members tried to belittle
such testimony when given, and to
make the witnesses uncomfortable.
These witnesses were restricted to a
bare fifteen minutes-with the future
of their business at stake-and then
even this time was used up in the in
PRODUCTION and discussion of questions
entirely foreign to the problems in
hand.
The tariff verdict of this COM
mittee was accepted meekly and su-
pinely by the Democratic party. The
bill framed in this manner passed
both branches Of Congress to the
crack of the party whip.
The result was natural and in
envitable, tariff law that Is faulty in
construction, illogical in its develop
ment, filled with contradictions and
antiquities, wrong in principle, and
vicious In practice.
n Tariff Board.
Owing to the enormous diversifi-
cation 0. our modern industrial life.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-05
B0ARDNAN ITEMS

VIM. Kennedy was in town Friday
from Hermiston.
Harry Straw of Hermiston was a
visitor in town Friday.
c. Voyne is filling his warehouse
with baled hay this week.
Mr.. Mack was in town Friday look
ing after business interests.
Paul Jones, Government surveyor
from Hermiston, was in town Friday,
Mr.. Callbach of Hermiston is putt
ing in the fronts in Mr.. Mack's two
rooms this week.
Miss Clara Voyne returned Thurs
day from attending teachers insti-
tute at Heppner.
Miss Alberta Harper from Echo
visited her father and brother be-
tween trains Friday.
Mrs. Royal Rands entertained
Jack Gorham and Miss Marvel Blay-
den at dinner Sunday.
Mrs Nettie Eckels from Ogden,
Utah spent Friday night visiting her
sister Mrs. Royal Rands.
Wahona Rand left Saturday with
her aunt, Mrs. Nettie Eckles for Og-
den, Utah to spend the winter.
G. C. Paine and family are NOV
ing into the Dodd & Kennedy building,
temporarily until their building is
ready.
G. c. Blayden just finished NOV
ing his stock of groceries into his
new store building which was re-
Gently completed.
j. Gibbons moved his family to Cas-
tie Rock Sunday which will make it
more convenient for him as teacher of
the Castle Rock school.
j. M. Sipprell and wife of Echo
were riding over the project Tuesday.
They were very much pleased with
the country for all they had such
windy day.
j. H. Strohn of Hermiston was in
town Sunday looking after the inter-
est of the R. j. Arnold so acres. He
is contemplating planting forty acres
of it to alfalfa.
F. Emberger is busy laying pipes
to the new building to supply them
with water from his 10000 gallon
tank. Water will be pumped by
horse power engine.
Sunday evening while unharness-
ing his team of mules, G. c. Blay-
den was slightly injured when one of
them kicked, striking him on the hip.
Mr.. Blayden is able to be about with
the use of cane. "And her name
was Maud"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-05

seed oil maker of the Land of Dixie
Why is bagging for cotton made free,
and the same bagging for the pro-
ducts of the North made dutiable ?
Why is piece of metal cut to lengths
painted and fitted with buckles, made
in the North for baling Southern cot
ton, put on the free list, and the same
piece of steel, without being manu-
factured at all, left with duty?
I Why is there grading of the cotton
yarns and cloths made in the South,
while the woolen yarns and cloths of
the North are thrown helter-skelter
into one group? Why is the rice of
the South dutiable, and the fish of the
North free? Why is the wool of the
North free and the hair of the An
CORA goat of Texas protected by a
duty? Why is the tobacco grower
of the South guarded, and the North
ern raiser of farm products left at
the mercy of his Canadian rival?
There is but one answer. Upon the
sea of Congressional legislation, the
Democratic compass points always to
the South. 1t is class legislation, for
it discriminates deliberately and di-
rectly against one class in the United
States, and that class is the producer
the man who labors long and we'll
to make the American product the
equal of any in the world.
The Test of the New Law.
Fortunately for the cause of pro-
lection to American industry and un-
fortunately for the Democratic party,
there was real and accurate test
of the new tariff and a comparison
with its Republican predecessor be-
fore the beginning of hostilities a.
broad, which has temporarily put an
end to normal importations.
The price that the American pro-
ducer paid for the privilege of living
under the new tariff is one million
dollars day more of foreign compe-
tition for him to face in the market of
the United States. According to gov
ernment statistics there was an in
crease in value of foreign goods
brought into the United States of
twenty-six million dollars a month
or one million dollars day for every
working day Of the month.
This foreign merchandise is
brought to this country to be sold
BY just the amount of the increase
in importation will there be a loss
of market to the American producer?
BY just so much will the sale of A
merican goods in the American mar
ket fall short of the sales for the
same period under the Republican
tariff law An additional competi-
tion of one million dollars day faces
the American producer so long as
the Democratic tariff law remains
on the statute book and European
conditions are normal. And the loss
and the injury that result from this
will be felt in the workroom of the
mill as we'll as in the counting room;
and will reach the Northern farmer
in his fields.
No Reduction in Cost of Living.
Has there been any reduction in
the cost of living to Offset this new
competition? Have the army of con-
sumers received a benefit in lower
prices? Has the man who buys his
goods over the counter of the retail
store obtained them for less? There
has been no such change. The tariff
has produced results only on one side
of the ledger. The increased impor-
. tations under the new law means
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the Republican party has recognized
the increasing need of more thorough
and scientific legislation. The ina
dequate and hasty consideration of
tariff bills offered by the Democrats
in the 62d Congress and of the Un-
derwood Bill of the next Congress
could not have resulted otherwise
than detrimental to American agri-
culture and manufacturing interests
AS pointing a better way, the plat
form of 1912 indorsed the creation of
a Tariff Board by President Taft and
condemned our opponents for fail
ure either to provide funds for its
continuance or to make some other
provision to secure "the information
requisite for intelligent legislation"
Such board, free from the pressure
Of political and other influences could
gather information regarding every
inductry here and abroad, could ta-
bulate this information and lay it be-
fore Congress to form the basis for
legislative action.
From Specific to Ad ValOrem Duties.
The Democratic Ways and Means
Committee set its inexperience and
ignorance against the judgement and
experience of the expert tariff ma
kers of the world. 1t substituted,
where possible, ad valorem duties for
specific duties, when it is we'll re-
cognized fact that the more scientific
the tariff, the more specific duties
it contains Under ad valorem duties
the door is always open to frauds and
differentiation. There is, too, a
still greater handicap to the Ameri-
can producer in the fact that such
duties give him the least protection
at time when he needs it most. A
duty that depends upon the value of
the goods alone means that in good
times, when prices are high, the duty
will be high, and in hard times, when
prices are low, the duty will be low,
and the American market thrown
open to a flood of foreign-made goods.
AT one time the Democratic party
had a doctrine and slogan of free
raw materials, but out of the Wilson
Underwood School, of Thought came
new doctrine, that the finished ar
ticle should be free of duty and the
raw materials which go into it-and
which must be obtained abroad
should be taxed This is simply ap-
plying to the tariff the operation Of
burning the candle at both ends.
Calmly standing astride two horses
travelling in opposite directions, the
Democrats declared that their law
would keep up the prices which the
farmer receives, and reduce the price
which the consumer pays, that the
market baskets must not be taxed,
yet the interests of the farmer must
be guarded. They might as well
have declared that hereafter all ON
let's should be made without breaking
the eggs, and that anyone failing to
accomplish this shall be declared in
efficient by that great authority on
the subject of inefficiency, Mr.. Red
field, Secretary of Commerce, and
punished therefor.
A Sectional and Class Tariff.
The Democratic tariff law is Sec
tional and class legislation. Its two
guiding stars were advantage for the
South, in gratitude for favors receiv-
ed, and an appeal to the consumer of
the North, hoping for favors to come.
If 1t is not a sectional bill, and so in
tended, why are the only textiles put
upon the free list those that are used
by the cotton planter and the cotton
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portations from coming Into the
United States? What the country
needs is more business, not more cur
rency, nor more banks. William Nc
Kinley we'll told the story when, in
1896, he said: "Open the mills in
stead of the mints."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
Sept22-29
NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESS
MENT ROLL FOR LOCAL M
PROVEMENT DISTRICT
No %
No. %

Notice is hereby given that the
Assessment Roll for Local Improve
ment District No. %, under Ordi-
nance No. 1922, for the improvem ent
of the following described streets:
Beginning at Grand street at the
south line of Mckenzie street, thence
sOuthwesterly along Grand street to
point on the extension of the pr Up
erty line between lots and 4 block
II, Garden City Addition, by filling,
grading, curbing, guttering and PARK
ing, and paving said street with BIZ
luminous Macadam, is now on file in
the office of the City Clerk.
Said roll has been set down for hear
ing at the regular meeting Of the
Council to be held in the Council
Chamber in the City Hall in the City
of Pullman, Washington, the 18th
day of October, 1916, at 1880 o'clock
p. M, and all persons who may de-
sire to object to said assessment are
| notified to make such objections in
writing and file the same with the
| City Clerk on or prior to the date
| fixed for such hearing.
At the time and place fixed and at
such times as the hearings may be
| continued to, the Council will sit as
board of equalization for the pur-
pose of considering such roll, and at
such hearing or hearings will con-
slider such objections made thereto,
or any part thereof, and will correct,
| revise, raise, lower, change or odify
such roll or any part thereof. or set
aside such roll and order that such
| assessment be made de nOVo, as to
such body shall appear to be just and
equitable, and then proceed to con
firm the same by ordinance
MATILDA f. CANNON,
Sep22-29 City Clerk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
OUR BAPTISM OF FIRE
AND NATIONAL GLORY

The awful days from 81 to the
end of the terrible reconstruction
period in the south has been repro
duced and taken in living photograph
by modern wizard, d. w. Griffith,
in his 12-reel spectacle, THE Birth
Of a Nation and is being shown
throughout the land with all its &C
companying battle shots; it's signing
and whispering music; it's darby re-
ality in the snowy cotton fields be-
fore the warts lives and it's pas
sions, its glories and its hatreds, and
every citizen of the republic should
see it and realize thereby what Lin
coins deeds and American history
truly and really mean.
A nation may have been conceived
with Washington triumphs-but it
was born out of the better under
standing between the north and the
south, which only came after lcrg
heartaches and struggles Grand
theatre, September 81, %, %.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the City Clerk of Pullman, Wash
ington, for the construction of san
itary sewer in Improvement District
No. 30, as provided by Ordinance No
1923. Proposals will be received up
to 7:3O p. m, October 3rd, 1916, and
considered at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on that date.
Plans and specifications may be
had by addressing the City Clerk and
depositing $500 to insure the return
of the specifications on or before Dc
tober 3rd, 1916
Each bid must be in the form of
proposal furnished, and accompanied
by certified check on a local bank,
payable to the City of Pullman.
Washington, for the sum of five
C5%O per cent of the bid, to be for
teited if the successful bidder fails
to enter into a contract and furnish
satisfactory bond for the perform
ance of the contract.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids, or to do the work by day
labor, as may appear to the hest in
terests of the city.
MATILDA F. CANNON,
City Clerk
Sept22-29
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
Expenses

All travelling expenses of the farm
ers are to be paid by the bankers
while the people at Pullman will fur
nish the entertainment. The Pull.
man Chamber of Commerce asks the
pleasure of entertaining the visitors
at dinner on Friday evening and the
State College invites them to lunch
con on Saturday, after which Coach
DietZ and his football stars will en-
terrain them at the annual Alumni
game.
Any farmer in the state who is
interested in "a visit to the State Col
lege at some other mans expense
should call on his banker and ask
him how this may be arranged.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
BANKER FARMER
CONVENTION SOON
Washington Bankers and State Col.
lege TO BE Hosts to Farmers
Eight Hundred Expected

On October 9Th and 7th at the
State College of Washington will be
held Farmers and Bankers Conven-
ton, the second of its kind to be held
in the United States. This excursion
to Pullman will include approximate
ly one thousand farmers and bank
ers. The idea of the convention or
iginated with the Committee on Agri-
cultural and Vocational Education of
the Washington Bankers Association.
1t is the hope of this committee that
at least eight hundred farmers will
accept an invitation to go to Pull
man, where the State College, in CO.
operation with its visitors, will pro
vide two days of genuine entertain
m ent and sports.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Rev. J. G. Robinson. Bishop Page
will visit the church on Saturday,
and be present on Saturday evening
when a reception is given at the
church, to which students and all in
terested III the parish are invited,
There will be an address by Bishop
Page and remarks by others. Light
refreshments will be served The
gathering is intended to give our stu
dents an opportunity to meet each
other and the members of the parish.
There will be Holy Communion on
Sunday at 1870 a. m; Sunday school
at 9;45 a m. with Bible classes, one
for young men and one for young
women. Morning service at 100
o'clock. All welcome.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
BAPTIST CHURCH

The Baptist church will conduct
Sunday school at 1000 o'clock and
preaching will follow at 100 a. m,
Sunday, September "a The Rev +.
L. Powlesland, field worker for the
East Washington and North Idaho
Baptist Convention, will have charge
of the services. Mr.. Powlesland
will also speak in the evening, serv-
ice beginning at 1880. Everyone is
invited Strangers and students who
are Baptists and those having Bap-
fist preference who are seeking a
church home will be cordially well
come.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
EXAMINATION FOR
RURAL CARRIERS

The United States civil service
commission has announced an ex-
animation for the county of Whit
man, Wash, to be held at Lewiston,
Colfax and Pullman on October IA.
1915, to fill the position of rural
carrier at Lacrosse and vacancies
that may later occur on rural routes
from other post offices in the above
mentioned county. The examination
will be open only to male citizens
who are actually domiciled in the
territory of a post office in the
county and who meet the other re-
Quirements set forth in Form No.
1877. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the Of
fices mentioned above or from the
United States civil service commits
sion at Washington, d. C. Applica-
tons should be forwarded TO the
commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The Call of the College" will be
the subject of the minister, Clark S.
Thomas, at the morning service at
11:00 o'clock. Sunday school at
$50 a. M; C. E. society at $50
p. m. "Understandest Thou What
Thou Readest" is the sermon subject
for the evening worship at 1880.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
EIandicraft

Best single piece-Ruth Parr,
Pullman, first; Martha Hughey,
Pullman, second; Mildred Stokes,
Pullman, third.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
MONTANA CROW INDIAN LAND
NOW OPEN

Crops never fail. Neither rust,
drought or floods here. Average
yields OF wheat oats barley. pota-
toes and hay % per cent more than
those of Washington. Twenty thou
sand acres splendid level pillow land
at $1,000. Fine for colony, syn
dictate or individual farmers. Choice
half sections $500 to $4,000.
Quarter cash; balance five years at
six per cent. Going fast. Address
MONTANA RANCH co.
Billings, Montana
sepSoct13
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN

Church, 1907 State street. Rev.
p. j. Randolph, BID, pastor. Sun
day school at 1000 a. m. German
service at 1900 am. The German
department of the college is expected
to attend. Everybody welcome.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-09-22
CANNING TEAM
WINS COUNTY HONORS
Continued from first page)

ton, second; Neva Dale, Pullman,
third
Preserves-Esther Ripley, Pull
man, third.
Best display of canned fruits and
observation-disclosures Dale, Pullman,
first; Ada McQueary, Cotton, sec
ond; Harold Cromwell, Pullman,
third.