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SDNDAY, SEPT. 0.
Henry Kennedy, 1026 Broad St.
ng ri spoce-J of my business to th e undersigned, I wish to ex
prio- my thanks to the people of Augusta for their generous trade In
.he prst and earnestly ask a continuance of same with my successor.
We btgTto announce our purchase of the stock of the above firm,
and sromise to deserve the same generous trade which has been ac-
Cfdtd o , jr jjredecassor. Very cordially,
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Dick Newman Cigar Co.,
>026 BROAD ST.
This Fight Is Between
Democracy And Plutocracy
Says Governor Smith
ATLANTA. Or. —The feature of tho
big Bryaa rally hold Friday night at
'-ho Grand opera house under the aus-
of tho Yoana Moa's Denii>cra*ie
o* Fulton county was tho tspeach
of Gov. liokc Smith on national politics.
Othar atrong spaechos were, of courtsc,
delivered o;i rh<• occasion, but the chiie:
oaceoutlve wus at hi* befit and nrtado a
groat hit.
PrwMtonl Altfinc Chambers. of the
Young Mon’s'Democratic League, ctUled
tho meeting t<« order and introduced. £lon
Hewlette a. Hall, chairman of the state
executive committee. Mr. Hall was tho
presiding officer.
Among ihe spankers besides Governor
Smith, were Senator Steve Clay, Charles
W. Bernhardt, fid. T. Williams and
Hon. Clark lTotvell.
William J. Bryan himself was honrd
througn tho medium of a mammoth pho
nograph which was Tendered by Ben.
1.. Crow, one of the league s active mein*
berg. Botween speeches on the program
n numbs: of Bryan records were rend
ered, among them being striking por
tions from his speeches on the tariff,
the railway question '“The lde-i repub
lic,” the trust question and guarantee
bank deposits. There were in all ten of
rbeje records, ami they proved one or
tho unlqufiat and most popular featured
of the occasion.
The grand was packed on tho occa
sion of the rally and the whole occa
sion w.ns a marvel of enthusiasm.
Prior to tho rally rh© speakers, were
entertained at a luncheon at 'he Pied
mont hot#-!. In addition to the guests
of honor the officers of the league, to
gether with th« committee on recep
tion, were present.
The speech ol Governor Smith, which
attracted great attention at tho rally,
was as follows:
Governor Smith said:
“Mr, Chairman. ’Ladies ami Gentlemen:
“1 come to you from the pressure of
offiical duties incident to the .ailed ses
sion of the legislature, but I cannot pass
the opportunity to expres my <boep in
terest in the election of our democratic
Candidates.
"Mr. Bryan won his first national
prominence In 1592 by a speech in favor
•f tariff reforms made in tho 'noun© of
representatives in Washington. 1 re
signed a position in the cabinet In IS%
to vote for Mr. Bryan for president. At
that time he ran upon a free coinage
of silver platform, and I feared the ef
fect of his election, but the success »>f
tlie organized democracy was too import
ant to permit the white people oi the
south to divide. r
"Twelve years have passed, Mr. Bry
an has twice received the nomination
of his party and has gone down with it
twice to defeat. In spite of all this he
Is today re-nominated for president, bv
no machine, by no monied interests, by
no coterie of officeholders, but by the
‘tAflin people of America who know his
purity of purpose and who have faith in
his abllty.
Democracy Against Plutocracy.
"I shall vote for him this time not
only because he is the nominee of tne
democratic party, but been use I am sure
he will make a great president, serving
ell the interests of all of the people.
Our party is more than a collection of
people with a name. It repres©n*B dis
tlnut principles defending rights. The
republican party is more than a name.
It represents distinct principles defend
ing wrong.
“The issue, between the two parties
is democracy against plutocracy.
“The democratic party stands for
equal rights to all. The republican par
ty stands for special privileges to a few.
and it has landed its Aldrich in the
senate, and its Cannon in the speaker’*
chair.
“Legislation cannot give special privi
leges to a few without placing burdens
upon the many. The republican perty
has at times helped to create apparent
national prosperity, but it has en-iod by
turning tne wealth of the country over
to the Rockefellers, the Morgans and
the Harrimans, while the great body or
the people have suffered.
“The republican party is radical, bin
this radicalism shows itself in Imperial
ism. and disregard of constitutional gov
ernment.
“The demoorate party Is conserva
tive. It respects the rights of proper
ty, but it is not swept away by the glam
or of accumulated wealth in the hands ot
a few It respects the rights of the In
dividual citizen, however humble and
limited may be his means. It, demands
a government by the people and for the
people.
Democratic Principles.
"The platform adopted at Denver an-
The Light That
Never Fails
. GAS
r pounces principles clearly stated which
will help to give up popular government
and remove unjust burdens. Let me re
fer ti> four provisions of the pin norm .
"First. It condemns the contributions
oi money by corporations and special
interests to political campaigns. It in
sists upon publicity of campaign sub
scriptions and campaign disbursements.
•‘‘The voice of the patriotic voter can
never have full and free expression in
legislation until ill-gotten dollars are de
prived of political power.
“Contemplate for one moment tho
presidential contest of four years ago
when the favored interests furmshou
their millions to the chairman of the re
publican campaign committee.
"Think oi him handing around his
hat to the very men who would shortly
afterwards come to him for favors as
a member of the cabinet. To this dav
the republican party bus not dared lo
make public the fund which was col
lected, and the interests that gave it.
Thess contributions helped place in Taf
an offica and make him a presidential
possibility.
“Second. The democratic platform
demands a curtailment of the power ot
the speaker of tne house or representa
tives. At the present time no bill can
b*‘ nailed up from the floor. of the
house unless tho speaker, Mr. Cannon,
sanctions action upon it. Legislation
to which he objects is prevented even
from receiving a hearing by his failure
to see a member who would move in
ita favor. lie must be seen in his
speaker’s room, and understand what a
members intends to do before the floor
is conceded for the member to make a
motion to consider a bill.
Despotism in Congress.
“The rule of the house of representa
tives by the republican party is a des
potism. It is the rule of an individual.
It is destructive of every theory of pop
ular government and against this course
the democratic platform declares in un
mistakable language. Thus \v«- hav»* the
democratic party fighting for popular
government.
‘'Third. The democratic platform de
mands that interstate transportation
companies shall not increase their rates
withoirt first submitting the proposed in
crease to the interstate commerce com
mission and justifying the increase by
testimony before that body. This prin
ciple embodied in the democratic plat
form would have prevented the unjust
increase of rates recently made from
Ohio river points into Georgia, an in •
crease inexcusable because even through
the panic of last fall these railroad com
panies have suffered practically nothing
in loss of net profits, an<J with the re
turn of normal business their incomes
are most ample. The rates to which i
refer are those put into effect the first
of August which increased the tost of
bringing foodstuffs from Ohio river
points into our state.
“At a reasonable estimate, this in
crease will add $750,000 a year to the
cost of living paid by the masses of the
people of the state. The democratic
party stands for justice to transporta
tion companies, but it also insists that
they shall do justice to their patrons.
Iniquities of the Tariff.
“Fourth. The great issue between the
republican and the democratic parties
Is the tariff. The republican party
stands for a protective tariff. Tim dem
ocratic party stands for a tariff for
revenue.
“Let me deni with this question In
an elementary way. The tariff is a tax
levied by the government upon com
modities brought through our ports from
other countries. The tax collector is
at the port, he examines the commodi
ties when they land, and requires the
payment of the tax before the comm* -
dities can leave Die government custom
house. The republican party proposes to
levy this tax for protection. The dem
ocratic party proposes to levy it for rev
enue. Consider the difference between
the two policies.
The protective tariff was increased
during the McKinley administration
varying upon different commodities, but
ns a rule it amounts to about 50 per
cent of the value of the commodity
brought into our ports.
“Let me illustrate by referring to ma
chinery. If a hundred dollars’ worth of
machinery was brought in at Savannah,
the owner would bo compelled to pay sso
to remove it from the custom house, so
the goods would cost him $l5O when they
passed into hip possession ready fbr
use.
“The protective tariff policy of the re
publican party has made this tax so high
, that the machinery made in foreign
countries cannot be shipped into the
i United Htates, for it would increase the |
POLICE ICIEST
I JAPANESE
OFFICER
SHANGHAl.—Simultaneously with
th P publication of a letter from tho
Japanese consul to the municipal
council which was of a recriminatory
and Incendiary character, and de
fended tho ruffianism of the nationals
and the failure of his court to assist
in maintaining order, an organized
riot occurred among a largo number
of the Japanese non-commissioned
men and bluejackets from a cruiser
in ths port against the British police,
arising ovdt* tho arrest ot' a Japanese
officer for a cowardly assault upon a
low class European woman.
Fierce fighting followed and it was
only quelled by tho police who turned
a heavy revolver fire upon the Japan
ese civilians who were joining in
great numbers to overcome the police
and outnumbered them by ten fold.
cost of machinery 50 per c«nt to take
it out of the custom house. The gov
ernment derives no revenue from toe
tax. but the producers in the United
States are enabled to increase the price
at which they soli their products to the
consumers to a figure, nearly as great as
the amount of the tariff.
Robs Many to Enrich Few.
“The object oi the protective tariff is
to enable a class of people to enjoy tftc
privilege of charging the balance of their
fellow citizens more than the price which
free competition would produce.
“The consumers would have gome
chance of enjoying the privilege of pur
chases at reasonable prices, if the Amer
ican producers competed with each other
but following the high protective tariff
has come the modern trust by whirl l
producers consolidate, removing all con
petition, 1 hereby leaving the consumer
at their mercy.
"Take the case of the United steel
trust. The tariff upon the products han
dled by this company is about 50 per
cent. A large number of plants were,
joined together in the stee Must. Then
the promoters of the combination issue!
immense quantities of stock and bonds
far ill excess of the value of the. prop
erties. but as tlie tariff kept out foreign
competition, with the consolidation it
was possible to put up prices so high
that profits could be paid on many times
the value of the properties.
"Now who paid these profits? The
great body of the people who must con
sume the products. The products ot this
company enter into every line of hum -
ness. Nearly every manufacturer of or
dinary size and capacity must pay tri
bute to the steel trust, a tribute brought
about not by natural laws of trade, but
by the artificial prices that this com*
Faio* < hwrgc sh,rough legislation
which protects it from foreign competi
tion.
Foreigner Gets Benefit.
“So wo have steel rails soiling at S2S
per ton in the United States and the
same stool rails manufactured in tne
United States selling at $lB per ton in
Mexico.
"We find agricultural machinery made
in the United States selling in South
America at nearly one-third loss than
the farmers pay for it at home.
"The protective tariff has well been
termed the mother of ’rusts. By ex
cluding foreign competition it has fa
cilitated domestic combmationx, ant
those combinations called trusts lof*
without foreign competition charge the
consumer nearly one-half more for them
products through the unjust legislation
which has removed foreign competition.
"The real beneficiaries of the protec
tive tariff are those who have speculat
'd upon t lie stocks of the trusts, ana
ihe victims of the protective tariff ,n«
the whole body of consumers of our en
tire country.
"We hear now and then some ill-in
formed man. who usually has accuniu
latod a little money and thinks hlnis. u
to a plutocrat, talk of the wealth tnr
protective tariff has given to other sec
ii°ns, and sugests that now is tho time
tor us to get some of the benefit*. He
can be easily silenced if you ask him
to name the expected benefits.
“Ours Is a great agricultural state.
The cost of produeing all agricultural
products is increased hy the protective
tariff an dthat Increase goes not to the
national treasury, but into the pock eta
othe privileged few.
The coat of buying machinery for our
eotton iJills is largely increased bv tla
protective tariff. The < ost of building
our railroads is increased by It Th«-
cost if living to all of our ctizens his
been increased by It.
Burden of Two Billions
"I read a few days ago a carefully
prepared estimate of what the protec
tlvr tariff and the trusts combined com
the American peopl-, and the startling
figure* amounted to two billion dollars
annually.
"No wonder that the few are fatten
ing at the expense of tho many. No
THE AUGUSTA HERAID
Our Attention is Called to the
Beginning of Autumn
COLLEGE LIFE WITH THE YOUNG MEN
SCHOOL DAYS WITH THE BOYS
f
Making It Attractive
•U
f ir»rp thp Fin nr! Which only made us do some extra
polishing we have put on our fall and
winter front, which makes our house
attractive to the eye. We have turned our full attention to the open
ing of the autumn season and have been arranging the greatest line
of Men’s, Young Men, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing we have ever
shown in the history of our business, combining our prices and the
style fit and workmanship, will make this store the most attractive
in this line of merchandise.
Regarding Headwear
We are ready with this fall’s shapes and latest colorings. Hats
for the college boy of this fall’s creation, also the proper styles
for the most conservative.
Make us a visit this wep.i: ci/dl The same as before the
and let us show you this label back of each collar is
fall styles. __ your safeguard. .
if Al/QUSrA.GA • - 1
wonder that all the tendencies are to
ward enormous fortunes for a few', and
hardship and struggle for the many. No
wonder that each day it Is more dif
ficult for a young man to make a atari
for himself in life.
"Every tendency of the protectivo
trust-creating tariff is to bo concenira.o
business operations up to remove Indi
vidual opportunities.
“Here the democratic party takes Its
stand. Here our demands are equ.it
rights to all and special privileges for
none. Here we will make tin gie u
buttle for the American people, and be
neath a Hag on which is written “Ju«-
f ice," we will win.
“It Is a great moral question. It is
morally wrong that one man should be
taxed to give the fruit of his labor u»
another. It is morally wrong for the
law to give one man the right to reayn
Ids hand down into the pocket ot Mis
fellow man and to rob him of i*ml
earned dollars. It is morally right that
we should bring such a condition ot
affairs to an end. and we approach the
. omlns pi ertd< nt lal el'd ton with In
crensed hope and growing enthusiasm.
Rockefeller’s Apt Illustration.
“I am aware that some carried away
by the glamour of great accomplish
ments. Insist that only by combinations
and trusts can tin* largest results. In
dustrial progress, be made. I am r
minded of hii argument mentioned by
Mi. Jtrynn and made In the support 01
this theory, by the son of the senior
Rockefeller. In defense of tin policy ,
of unlimited consolidation by trusts Ml
Rockefeller held up u superb American i
Reality rose and explained that this
rose in all of Its magnificence could only
be grown when the power of the en
tire plant was concentrated by clip
ping off all the smaller rosea and tie
veloping from the plant Just tin on*
rose. The illustration Is a good one.
imf lor myself rather than see one mag
nificent rose in a single home, I would
prefer to sec one hundred smaller roses
in a hundred bonus.
“When the convention met* at Denver
on the 7th of July the prospects for even
; good fight to be made by the demo
cratic party were poor,but each day our
prospects have Improved. The democrat*
an united all of the union :u» they have
not been before in years. The goon
news comes from the Pacific. The goou
tuws comes from the middle west, and
~,,iv even god news Is coming from New j
York state.
“There are but two candidates really
in the field, Hryan and Taft. We win
select between them. We will Chase no
political ytiinbow* In Georgia, and I
will nbt even cast stones as fading poli
tical shadows.
“We have a great leader »t the head
of our ticket. Nearly every day his
word* are sent throughout the land by
the Associated Press, discomfort lug out
enemies and Inspiring our friends. H*
Is Impressing his personality upon the
country and by the wisdom of his ut
tersnees he Is bringing confidence ever
to those who have doubted the klnd’of
administration he will give our nation.
“We must do our part in Georgia to
help bring victory from the doubtful
states."
The Moral of the whole situation
Is—Use Gas
OARSMEN GATHERING
AT WASHINGTON CITY
Prominent oar*men from ail ov*'
tho country are arriving in Washing
ton today to takn part In the middin
states rigatta on the Potomac river,
which open* on Monday. The Hat of
entries for thn Labor Day aquatics
number* 72. Beaidea the large d'de
an I lon from New York, the VlrgliitM
Boat Club, of Richmond, will get in
this morning The strong Quaker
City club, of Philadelphia, will alao ,
ba among the arrival* toda*. J
GORDON NOEL HURTEL
LOVES MOTHER NATURE
ATLANTA. Gordon Noel Hurts),
tho new member of the park hoard
from the Third ward. Is one of the
best known newspaper men In the
south, and In addition Is a born nat
uralist, Mis intimate knowledge of
flowers, plants, birds and animals,
and Mi,, love he has for such things,
peculiarly lit him for the office to
which he was recently appointed hy
Mayor .Inyner
Mr. Utirtel a word sketches of po
lice court scenes have made him fain
ous, and hla twenty yeara’ active
newspaper work hus given him an In
sight Into human nature lhal Is pos
sessed by few. U!h third ward home
Is hut a short distune,, from Grant
Park, and he has always taken a per
sonal pride In the elty play ground
In Ills spare hours the new park
FURNITURE RENOVATING
Will soon begin and you will need the necessities for the work. Now the very
best article on the market today for this work is UQUIII VENEER, and we
are the sole agents for this article in Augusta. There is no other just as good,
for this is the best.
All kinds and colors of floor stains. We have the the goods in all size
packages. There is nothing that, makes the floor look better than a fine coat of
stain. t ,
IT any of your metal or discolored, there is nothing that equals PUTZ
CREAM for putting it back in its original condition.
if any of your furniture comes to pieces then it is LA PAGES GLtTE
that you need. It will hold tighter than any other kind of glue.
Remember that we carry everything you need for putting your furniture
floor and walls hack in their old condition.
We have Glass of all sizes and can fill orders rapidly.
O’Connor & Schweers Paint Co
Broad Street. - Augusta, Ga.
commissioner potters about his gar
dim and conservatory, which are the
delights ol his life. He has boon
slngtsrly successful with his vege
tables and his flowers, and frequently
holds receptions for Ills neighbors In
order that they may share with him
tho pleasure afforded hy his plants.
The Moral of the whole sit .atlon
Is—Use Gas
A NEW GOLD COUNTRY
OVER IN ISLAND
LONDON. With the aid of
American capital Inlshowen Head,
County Donegal, Ireland, la trying to
become a new Klondike. Two years
ago Lord Shafeeslniry granted a sixty
year lease to a Mr. Johnston, of Mol
fast, who had strong faith In the gold
PAGE SEVEN
producing proapeot* of thl* part of
Irolnnd.
'■old whs actually discovered and
nearly f,,000 ton* of ore which la
claimed to contain a considerable per
(outage of gold, a!lvor, copper and
lead, hay,, now been nxposed A
group of American financier* heard of
the now gold Held and after receiving
ii favorable report from a mining ex
port whom they Hent over they have
formed a syndicate to work the mine*.
Quit,, a number of people hollnve
thill Ihe wealth of (he Hand will be
<•< llpncd hy the wealth of Inlahovan,
WILLIS HOWE DEAD
CHICAGO. Willis Howe, on* of
the most popular and heat known
hole! rnen In the country, died at
French l.lck Springs, lnd„ this morn
Inr, from a complication of heart and
liver I rouble*.