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Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Huehes and Sugar.

Gov. Hughes has made 1t perfectly
clear that as President he will advo-
cate the restoration of the duty on su
gar. According to the Republican view,
the duty on sugar is highly important
because it plays q dual part, protect
ing the beet sugar industry Of the en-
tire country and the cane sugar indus
try Of Louisiana, and because it yields
a tremendous revenue without impos-
ing any material burden on the con-
sumers. That the sugar tariff can be
made to yield a large revenue has been
certified to by the Democrats in repeal
Ing a portion of the Underwood bill
which would have put sugar complete
ly on the free list before it could go
into operation.
The Republican duty on sugar yield
ed annually $53,Ooo,o0 revenue. This
duty President Wilson, against the ad-
vice of Rep Underwood and other more
experienced Democrats, insisted upon
abolishing and Congress. supine before
his mandate, incorporated in the I'm
derwood bill a provision which would
have put sugar on the free list by sue
cessive steps. When, however, prac-
tically IS per cent Of the duty had been
removed the deficit in the treasury
loomed so large. despite the special
taxes which had been imposed, that
the Democratic leaders decided to re-
peal the clause which would have abol-
ished the last of the sugar duty and
thus avoid further loss Of approx
mately $15,ooo,0 900. and this was done.
with the help of Republican votes. MIR.
Hughes now indicates that one OF the
constructive policies Of the administra-
ton will be the restoration of the duty
on sugar. with. presumably, an in
crease of the customs revenues from
this one item alone Of, according to
present rates Of consumption, nearly
SEC, ,o00, 900. Some of Mr.. Hughes Demo-
cratic critics have been urging him to
propose a constructive policy. When
they have picked this bone they shall
have another.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Mr., MeGillicuddy Reviewed.

Having shown in my previous article
that the protective policy has been the
controlling factor in the remarkable
advancement of our industrial prosper
tty. let us take up Mr.. McGillicuddy's
statement in regard to wages. He
says: This brings us to the plain
proposition Of fact, whether wages in
this country are higher under a low
tariff like the present Underwood tariff
or a high tariff like the Payne tariff"
He then quotes lot of newspaper
clippings by which he pretends to show
that in certain industries (unspecied),
during the period of 10 1-2 months end
ing May IS, 1916, wages increased 10
per cent Now no one doubts that un-
der the abnormal demand for munitions
during the past two years caused by
the war wages and the prices of COM
modities have increased.
1t was impossible that it could be
otherwise But the only question that
the people are interested in is: what
are the results of the two policies un-
der normal conditions? The blighting
effects of the Wilson tariff during the
Cleveland administration is a matter
Of history and cannot be gainsaid or
denied.
Democratic blundering led to such
desperate condition Of the treasury that
Cleveland was compelled to issue $685.
900 in bonds to meet the current
expenses! Per contra to Mr.. McGilli-
cuddy let me cite some extracts from
speech made by that distinguished
Democrat. Senator Newlands Of Ne
vada. He said that there existed
among business men a conviction that
Democratic success meant such radical
action as to produce industrial paraly-
sis and unemployment and want. That
for IS the Democratic party had been
in power nationally only four years
consecutively. in every instance losing
power as the result Of the fear of the
business classes with their conditions
Of unemployment. That the same dan
ger existed in the last congressional
election but was only averted by the
European war. which saved the Demo-
cratic party from the defeat which
would have surely come as the result
Of the general prostration Of business,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
The Public Must Pay.

The industries of the United States
are already lowering the gate that
shuts the water off the wheel of busi-
ness; already business houses are
bracing their concerns for the shock
of a country wide strike paralysis.
Every hour embargoes and restric-
tions are laid in preparation for the
threatened disaster which the public
must suffer in thousand ways. We
are told that shipments from Maine
factories and being made before the
articles are completed. to fill orders
that cannot be filled as contracted if
the railroads are tied up.
Oh for a Roosevelt, or a Cleveland
or some other man of convictions and
decisions in the White House, with
the opportunities that have offered
not for political card playing but for
service to the country!
supported the present administration
voices its contempt in plain facts and
fine sacasm. 1t (the New York Her.
old) says:
There can be no more doubt of
President Wilson's high mindedness
than Of his intellectual ability. He
means we'll. Mr.. Wilson is lacking,
however, in constructive capacity. he
has "muddled" this railway situation
just as he has the Mexican situation
from the beginning. A brave show of
strength followed by weakness in the
hour Of crisis tells the story Of failure
in Mexico, failure to meet the demands
Of the nation in the Lusitania affair,
failure to bring about a settlement of
this railway controversy when it easi-
ly could have been obtained by direct
and positive methods.
Mr.. Wilson abandoned the principle
of arbitration because, as he has ex-
planned, he Is convinced the eight-hour
day demands Of the brotherhoods have
the approval Of the public. Well and
good. If the public approves, why
shouldn't the public be made to pay
the $50,000,000 involved? The public
should be made to pay.
An immediate settlement could have
been brought about on that basis. If
the President has the power to handle
the situation at all he has the power
to see that Justice is done.
| BY one stroke Of the pen the Inter
state Commerce Commission can grant
the right to increase passenger fares
to an amount that will bring the need
ed $50,000,000, and without hurting
anybody. Americans are the greatest
travellers in the world. They now en-
JOY the lowest rates in the world for
the accommodations furnished Mr..
Wilson says they favor the increase to
the workingmen. If so, will they not
be glad to foot the bill?
All Of Mr.. Wilson's troubles are due
to his failure to see the direct road to
settlement and to follow it with cour-
age. Delay on his part has made a
simple matter complicated. bad mat
ter worse. There is just one way out.
The public should be made to pay
the cost of the increase to the work.
ing men.
Otherwise. instead Of it being a case
Of the public be damned" by the rail-
roads 1t will be a case of the public
being actually damned by wide
spread calamity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

needlessly out Of the Treasury
through the proposition presented by
the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
And yet in two short months the
chairman of the committee on naval
affairs, the secretary Of the navy and
the President and most Of my fellow
Democrats want me to get up now on
this floor and eat my words, and say
that the program Of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania and the Republi-
cans, which they induced me then to
denounce as criminal recklessness, is
now the very perfection of virtue and
patriotism"
This was, it will be understood, the
naval program which the Republicans
urged in the House and which Mr..
Kitchin as he says. was induced by
the President and Daniels to denounce
as Criminal. which the Senate later,
under the lash Of the President adopt
ed and the House agreed to, and
which Mr. Daniels promptly pro-
claimed to the country as a great
achievement Of the administration.
Some Of Senator Tom Taggart's
Democratic colleagues have been
jumping on him pretty severely for
1t n~.;k ks@{~ 80 nAv,e W
agance, but the figures submitted by
the Indiana senator seem to AFFORD
good ground for his animadversions.
He cites, for instance, the case OF the
postoffice at Falmouth, KY. The town
has a population of 1874. The appro-
priation is $4,000 and the cost OF
maintenance, figuring interest on the
investment at s1,14o and including
other necessary expenses. will be 1912
a year, or nearly SO piece for every
soul in the town. Mr.. Taggart quotes
similar figures In the cases Of Rose
Vile, Ga, and Hazard. KY. He shows
$4,000 appropriated for Mt. Olivia, N.
c., with a population Of 1,071; $4,000
for Huntingdon, Tenn, with popu-
lation of 1,112; $4,000 for Clear Water,
Fla, with a population Of 1.17l III
this bill succeeds in getting through
Congress-, declared Senator Taggart,
'the President should come to the
rescue of the Treasury and veto 1t at
once"
Instead of squandering money in
catching cattle ticks, killing coyotes,
poisoning ground squirrels, doctoring
wild ducks, treating goats suffering
from Malta fever, sending out useless
garden and vegetable seeds. passing
pork barrel river and harbor bills and
pork barrel public building bills, says
Senator Taggart, would it not be
better to get down to bed rock econ
omy and cut these useless ekpendi-
lures off and save the people from
the never-ceasing visits Of the tax
gatherer?"
Mr.. Taggart's total failure to grasp
the fundamentals Of Democratic pol
icy is explained by his Democratic
colleagues by the fact that he has
been a member Of the Senate only
since April.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Leading Democrats Disguised.

Candidate Hughes. Colonel Roose-
welt. Congressman Gardner and the
battery Of other heaW Republican
guns are not the only ones trained on
the Wilson administration. Some of
the heaviest in the Democratic party
are also shelling Fort Wilson -McAdoo-
Daniels.
Some plain truths about Wilson
Democracy were told in the Senate
debate on the special sovenue measure
by no less a Democrat than Senator
Underwood Of Alabama, who de-
scribed it as "a stencil in the nostrils
of the Democratic party. In vain
did Gum-shoe Bill Stone and other
Wilson cuckoos strive to shut Mr.. Un-
derwood off. He was particularly
hostile to the dye-stuffs tariff provi-
sion. saying, when 1 have stood all
my life against protection and a tariff
tor revenue only, 1 do not intend
tamely to swallow such Republican
doctrine as this at the dictation Of a.
few men here whom I regard as desc
orators of Democratic principles"
To Senator Stone and others who
chided him for disloyalty to the ad-
ministration and who always speak
with the voice Of President Wilson.
Mr.. Underwood said, Il do not con-
,ede the right Of any committee to ar.
rogate itself the right to legislate. I
DO not concede the right Of any mem
Der OF q committee to direct my &C.
hon. If this be treason. make the best
Of it."
Only a short time ago. Rep. Kitchin.
the Democratic leader of the House,
paid his respects to the President.
and incidentally to Josepfus Daniels
who as everyone knows, is merely one
II the mouthpieces Of Woodrow Will
son. Said Mr.. Kitchin: Il believe I
said It was criminal for this House to
vote upon q proposition that would
take hundreds Of millions of dollars
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Editors Letter Box
Republicans Of Maine, do your Duty.

Republicans Of Maine, do your Duty.
To the Republicans Of Maine
AS goes Maine, so goes the Union" is
saying attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
Let the Republicans of Maine do their
duty and carry the election on Sept 9Th,
so that Free-Trade Democracy will know
what is in store for 1t in the general
election in November throughout the
county. The Republicans of the South,
the West, the North, and the East have
their eyes on Maine. They want to read
about a regular old-time landslide for Re-
publicanism in Maine on the day after
the election.
A great deal depends upon the election
this year. The return Of Hopper" Wood
row and his Free-Trade Congress to pow
er for another four years means another
Cleveland panic. There will be no dodg-
ing 1t. Just at present the European war
is keeping the country from the rocks.
But after the war the deluge. if the DEM
ocratic party is in the saddle at Wash
ington. The only salvation for the nation
is to restore the Republican party to
power in the Presidency and both houses
of Congress. Then a Protective Tariff
law Will De put DaCk O-i the HdtloHdl
statute books and all will be WELL Other
wise we shall have industrial depression
throughout the land, free-soup kitchens
in the cities, and the country will be in
the throes of another period Of hard
times such as we underwent back in the
COS.
understand there are a swarm OF
Democratic spellbnders on the stump IN
Maine, pleading with your people to vote
the Democratic ticket. Let your people
beware of the siren song of Wilsonian
Democracy It will mean the ruin OF
your State and the nation If It is given
control of the government for another
four years. Let every Republican In
Maine work as a committee of one from
now until the polls close on Sept. 11th TO
cut low every Democratic head that IS
stuck up for ONCE.
Republicans of Maine. what will be your
message to the other states and to the
world when the votes are counted on
Sent. nth? We outside OF your State
shall anxiously await that message.
Yours for a Republican landslide,
GEO. D. BEASON.
rr-,1i,.ehoro ~ c.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
The World War a Year Ago
Today-Aug 81.

Foreign exchange rates in New
York city fell to new low levels;
London exchange dropped to
S4.55A on the pound, thirty points
below par.
Alphonse Pegoud, the famous
French aviator, killed in an air
duel with a German aviator.
Turks claimed that British lost
$4,000 men on extreme eastern
front in August.
In the southeastern theater Of
war pursuit by German and Aus
tro-Hungarian troops, which broke
through enemy lines north Of
Brzezany ION the Zlota-Lipa, Ga
licia) the 27th, was partly stopped
on the Stripa by a counterattack
on the part Of strong Russian
forces.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Maine Gossip
NV Birthday.

elizabeth Powers Merrill.)
Tomorrow is my Birthday
What will it bring to me!
Diamonds from far Australia
Red corals from the sea,
Raiment like Queen of Sheba'S
Bestowed by love on me-
Tomorrow is my Birthday
What will it bring to me!
Tomorrow is my Birthday
q count you not the years)
Some years were red with roses
And somewhere wet with tears.
Some dark with mortal struggle.
Some brimming with life's glee-
Tomorrow is my Birthday
What will it bring to me!
Tomorrow is my Birthday
A day that is not born.
Like Solomon i'll his glory
May be this natal morn:
Or may come wind and tempest,
Or breath from Orient tree,
Tomorrow is my Birthday
What will it bring to me.
Tomorrow is my Birthday
I greet it without fear!
Whatever comes, God gives it.
Love, sorrow, or a tear;
And each year draws me nearer
To the Eternal sea
Tomorrow is my Birthday
What will it bring to me!
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

The Boston Herald's special political
writer is able to see a great Republican
than a week ago he saw the G. o. P
headed for almost certain defeat. What
has happened in the short space Of II
days to make all this difference in the
situation? Certainly the voters of Maine
are not such a vacillating lot that they
revise their political convictions owe.
night.-Biddeford Record.
The difference lies in the fact that
ten days ago he interviewed Demo
cratic politicians; since that time he
has been hearing from the folks
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

What's in a name? The NJ. o. @. G.
Club is an embroidery club made up of
attractive girls.-Brockton Times.
Now, there's something for the 80
They Say" contributors to guess about
Boston Globe.
Why it's the Modest Order Of Quiet
Girls. Of course. Now don't go and
guess Marriage Order Question Gal
lery."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

A bar. III feet long. employing q bar
tenders, has been refused a license in
Rock Island, Ill. Perhaps the owner
should find a sale for it on the Lynn
side edge of Chelsea.-Boston Globe.
Has it Safety First" painted on it
anywhere?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

We wonder how long the time be-
fore the millers and -four dealers hear
Of Roumania's act and the fall in
wheat prices.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

little formality Of calling at the ..
Stephen custom house and bonding
their machine for the trip. They were
caught at St. John and were Aned the
value Of the automobile which was
$500, and then a duty Of 5000 was as
sessed, making total cost to the own
ers Of $500. After making arrange
ments for the payment Of this assess
ment the men were sent to st. Stephea
to stand trial for violating the immi-
grafton laws and there on WEDNESDAY
forenoon a fine was imposed upon
them and they were told the beat IL
for the United States.
In this age Of mystery, when folks
are prone to see airships. and sub
marines, and other occult things, some
thing is daily arising to excite public
curiosity. Now the residents OF the
South shore-to wit: Cooper's Beach
wants somebody to explain the mean
ing Of those mysterious beacon fires
which are frequently seen O. nights on
the hills to the westward of the Cam
den Mountains. Occasionally there
are two Of them, giving rise to ro-
mantle visions Of Indian tribes max
ing ready to go forth on warlike er-
rands. But as yet none of our peace
full villages has been laid to waste. and
nobody has been scalped. So perhaps
it's merely a camping party, or two.
driving away the mosquito pest. So
Capt. John Snow thinks, and he's one
who has seen the strange beacons.
Why not say they are signals for
the Bremen?
The United States Bureau of Fish
cries is waiting the formal report to
be filed by Capt. Hahn of the Boothbay
Harbor Lobster station before COM
pleting plans for the new lobster rear
ing station to be erected this year.
The Department Of Commerce sent
Capt Hahn to Rhode Island this sum-
mer to inspect the rearing plant estab-
lishment there and submit suggestions
for the Boothbay plant according to
the same general lines. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000 for the plant and the
bureau expects to get it in operation
in time to care for the 1917 brood.
Last year the bureau Matched 12S,7O0.-
600 Holsters on the Maine coast The
new station will permit raising lob
sters to point where they are able to
take care of themselves and thus
greatly diminish the loss that now
comes from the destruction Of the lob
sterlings.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

The Problem Follows the Boy.
Have you boy problem in your town.
asks writer In the Survey. There being
several boys in our town, we have.-Kan-
sas City Star
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

The President was shocked on learn
have no "watchful waiting" policy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Cured without pain

Safe, easy treatment, oaseo
on 36 years successful prac
tice in Maine. Cure guarsa'
teed. No operation or oe.
tention from business. tfes
consultation, free letter:
pr, c.J.F FlSE.E.;uu
81 pleasant Az. W oodrs Q, pofSAss
New Dewitt House. Lewl@os
Saturdays 10 Am. TO Pm
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

Now, as a way out, why does not
the President blame the railway
muddle on Mr. Taft?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
KENNEREc COUNTY TICKET.

kENNEBEc COUNTY TICKET.
For State Senator'S.
Martin 3. Bartlett, waterville
Arthur T. Chick. Monmouth
Willis e. Swift, Augusta
For County Attorney.
William H. Fisher. Augusta
For Clerk Of Courts.
Charles W. Jones. Augusta
For Judge Of Probate.
Harold e. Cook, Gardiner
For Register of Probate.
Ralph W. Leighton. Mount Vernon
For Sheriff.
Edward D. Harwood. Augusta
For County Commissioner.
Clinton H. Goodhue. Waterville
For County Treasurer.
Bert P. Stuart, Belgrade
For Representatives. to Legislature.
Frank G. harrington, Augusta
Guy p. Gannett. Augusta
(Augusta)
Charles e. Bushey. Watervill
Edmund D. Noyes. Waterville
(Watervlle)
Edwin W. Ellis, Gardiner
(Cardiner)
Frank L. Besse. Clinton
(Clinton, Unity Pl., Albion, Benton)
B. H. Gates, Vassalboro
(Vassalboro, Winslow)
Walter r. Burbank, Chelsea
Chelsea, Farmingdale)
c. e. Clarke, Randolph
(Windsor. Randolph, Pittston, China,
Edgar NJ. Lenfest, Manchester
(Manchester. Hallowell, West Gardiner)
Frank W. Libby. Litchfield
Monmouth, Winthrop. Litchfleld)
Tudor g. Jennings, Wayne
(Readneld, Mount Vernon, Rome. Wayne
Fayette. Vienna)
Theodore W. Longley. Sidney
(Sidney. Belgrade. Oakland)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Oddly Put.

An interesting bit Of news about the
family next door was in the air when
Subbubs arrived home. His little daugh-
ter was the first to speak to him. "Oh,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Odd Fellows Hall

JEPHfHA ENCAMPMENT, No =
Meetings at 500 O'Clock every second .ns
fourth Tuesday. "aa
l. B. PACKARD, c.
c. Z. STEWART. Sc1h.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Augusta Lodge Directory

AUGUSTA LODGE, No. l4l,EsAu
Stated communication Tuesday. ser,
are welcome. 9 o'ues
EDW. L. RIPLEY. WM
WESTON LEWIS Sac
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Light and Airv
Good Idea.

The ladies keep cool
When solar rays beam,
For they dress In tuile
And live on ice cream.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Uncle Pennywise Says:

To a woman everything 10 "wous
ful' these days. I think ! prefer
good old descriptive term ''psrfso"
lovsly."
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Piles
FiSSlIre
FiStIIa
tueS-thurS-s sat

papa" she explained, you can't sus''
who was born today."-Boston Transcrp@
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 8. p N
Regular meeting every third TUESDAY y,
O'Clock. s' u
LEVI NJ. POOR, Cant
du RAY NJ. BURNS. CisrL
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31
Republican Nominations:
FOR PREsIDENT:
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
VICE PRESIDENT:
CHARLES ". FAIRBANKS
GOVERNOR:
CARL {. M|LLlKEN
U. S. SENATOR:
Frederick Hale
U. S. SENATOR
Ito fill vacancy
B. NJ. Fernald
y. S. SENATOR
Ito fill vacancy
B. NJ. Fernald

.REPREsENTATlvE TO CON.
GRESS:
list Dist.-LOuis B. GO0dall
2nd Dist.-Wallace H. White, Jr'
3rd Dist.-JOhn A. Peters
4th Dist.-Ira G. Hersey
STATE AUDITOR:
Roy L. Wardwel
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

Impartial.
1.-THE teacher says I will soon spea.
French as we'll as speak English sS''
the enthusiastic girl.
But you mispronounce many words
"Oh. that's nothing. mispronounce
lot Of English words, too" o."-Washins'0'
Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

N. E. o. P, kENNE6EC LODGE, No.
25l meets in G.. A. X. hall the trst and
thlrd tuesday evenings Of each month.
at 730 o'clock.
MARY I. MURPHY, Warden.
MRS. EMMA +. HOWE, Rec. Sec
B. L. NICHOLAS. Fin. Sec.
tu-th-sat
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

anywhere? ?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

RETAIL CLERKS UNION, LOCAL
No. sl9 Regular meetings second and
fourth Thursdays Of each month In Car.
penter's nail.
A. 9. MARI, Presidsnt
o. e. DOUGLAS, Rec. Sec,
may11 1,tues-thurs-sat,lyr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-08-31

QUEEN TEMPLE, NO. 7s, FYrHIEN
Sisters. meets in K. of P. hall the second
and fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month, at 7.30 o'clock. WV"
ADELAIDE NJ. THOMPSON, NJ. &c
ADELAIDE NJ. PAGE, NJ. Of r. ana r
LUCIE p. LEWIS NJ Of F.
tu-th-sat.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-23

attractions please the crowd, and fill a
useful purpose. They have become al
most cxpo5itions, but they do not to
any great extent promote rivalry
among the farmers and their families.
The exhibits of live stock of all kinds
are made mainly by men with some of
the finest collections of animals in
their respective classes in the country.
These exhibitors prepare their horses,
cattle, sheep, swine and poultry for a
round of the fairs. They are out for a
cleanup of the big premiums. They
have the goods and they take the
the cash. The ordinary farmer has no
chance against them. But in the
smaller fairs the men who till the soil
and who raise stock on the home farms
get together in a friendly spirit, each
trying to excel the others. They ex-
change ideas which are of mutual bene-
fit. Their rivalry and competition re-
suits in better stock and better farm
products. There ought to be something
in the way of a fair in every small town
in New England.