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THE TARIFF
How It Effects The Butts
County Farmer
Says Tariff is A Cunning Device
To Rob The Poor And Gnrich
The Rich—Clear and con
cise Explanation
Some of the advocates of the
protective tariff contend that the
importer pays the tariff. Indeed
the importer does pay it, but he
forthwith collects it again from
the consumer, to whom he sells
the imported goods.
If people are so unpatriotic as
to consume imported goods, let
them pay the penalty. So far,
so good.
But this is only a part of the
question. The imposition of the
tariff raises the price of goods,
both foreign and domestic. The
patriotic consumer who buys
only domestic goods must pay an
extra price, an IN-LAND tariff.
And to whom does the con
sumer of home-produced goods
pay this extra price, this IN
LAND tariff? To the Govern
ment? No; not a cent of it. To
the producer? Yes; every cent
of it.
A protective tariff may, there
fore, be defined as a cunning
device for extracting money from
the pockets of the consumer and
putting it into the pockets of the
producer.
Now it so happens that the
producer who generally gets pro
tection is not the producer of raw T
mate rials, but the producer of
manufactured materials. So it
fails out that the Butts county
farmer whose cotton is unpro
tected, must, every time he buys
a shirt, pay tribute to the manu
f ’cturer of protected cottDn
11 th.
This is only one of the many
injustices of protection.
Hector McClean Galloway.
GOODY’S DISTRICT
Wo are now busy preparing the
land for the coming crop, and
just here let me say if you are
not certain that you haven’t pre
pared corn land enough to make
a bountiful supply of corn to do
you next year, put some of the
land you have set apart for cot
ton in corn; for we all know
(here is now a fight going on be
tween the farmer and the cotton
speculator.
There has been every means
brought to bare this season to
depress the price of cotton. Some
try to attribute the depression in
the cotton market to the panic.
This is absurd on the face of it.
If that be so, why have mules sold
higher this winter than they have
sold in 25 years? Corn and all
other products are today higher
than they have been in years.
And why is it that in the short
est cotton crop that has been in
years the price was lower than
all other products? The answer
is simply this: The cotton men
know that the cotton farmer is
the most depressed and the most
dependent of any class of people
on earth, and the speculators and
manufacidrers are expecting to
squeeze him out* This is the
whole truth and everybody
knows it. The law of supply and
demand is being grossly ignored
and we all know it,and so long as
we depend on cotton for a liv
ing we will be in the soup, and
we all know that. And when
we see and know all these things
I have just mentioned, why is it
that we continue to follow a
system of farming that is so
much to our detriment?
Theso are serious questions
and it behooves every farmer of
the South to prepare to extricate
himself from these conditions.
Plowhandles.
PAUL ANDREWS HAPPENS
TO PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Paul, the bright and manly
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
Andrews happened to a serious
accident Monday.
While feeding the saw in his
father's wood yard, the wood
slipped in such a manner as to
throw his thumb under the saw,
severing it entirely from the
right hand. It was done so
quickly that he knew nothing of
it until he felt his hand quivering
and upon looking at it, found his
thumb gone. His presence of
mind caused him to grasp tightly
his wrist, to suppress the flow of
blood.
Paul went immediately to Dr.
Butner who with Dr. Copeland
administered chloroform and re
moved the remaining stub to the
third joint. He is now resting
easy and his friends wish for
him an early recovery.
THE DUMMY LINE MAKES
TAX RETURNS TO STATE
The first tax return from a
railroad company was made to
Comptroller general Wright Fri
day morning. It was from the
Flovilla and Indian Springs
Railroad Company.
They claim their mileage to be
worth $3,500 and all their prop
erty, $3,826.75.
MEETING OF GIRLS LITERARY
CLUB
The little girls’ Literary Club
met Saturday afternoon March,
14, 1908 at 2 o'clock with Beat
rice Williams. Those present,
were: Margaret Sams, President,
Rosalie Carmichael, Secretary.
Helen Smith, Beatrice Williams,
Julia Curry. Letters from “Aunt
Janet” in the Woman Home Com
panion and the plans for the Club
were read. After the out door
games were played, refreshments
were served and enjoyed by all
present. The next meeting will
be at Helen Smith’s Saturday af
ternoon April. 4th, 190S.
THE "SMILING CLUB” ENTER
TAINED
The Smile Club held a very
enjoyable meeting one after
noon recently at the home of
Thelma Woods on East Third St.
After exciting outdoor games
refreshments were served which
consisted of bananas, whipped
cream and cake. The mem
bers present were treated to a
straw ride by the hostess.
Luther Joyner will bring you
the Atlanta Georgian six days in
a week for ten cents. Give him
your subscription.
You can’t beat Jamerson Drug
Cos. when it comes to buying
fresh Garden Seed. They have
the kind you want—Landreth’s
and Ferry’s.
Jackson Post Card Views sold
only by Jackson Soda & Fruit
Company. tf
NOTICE.
For Sale—My residence on
North Oak street. I have also
for sale or rent the residence of
J. V. Smith on West avenue,
tf J. T. SMITH,
School News
(Last Week’s Letter)
Mary Kinard of the second
grrde, was absent part of last
week on account of sickness.
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Ethel Thornton returned to
school Monday after an illness of
two weeks.
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Through mistake, Marlin Spen
cers’ name was overlooked on the
Honor Roll for February. Special
mention should be made of this,
as he was the only fourth grade
pupil who won this distinction.
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Paul Andrews was very sick
Thursday and Friday, but was
able to be at school Monday.
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The fourth grade, consisting of
thirty-seven pupils, were all
present last Monday except Don
ald McKibben who has been ab
sent for two weeks owing to
weak eyes.
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Doris Nutt and Sylvia Lyons
are back in their grades, after
an absence of several days.
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The fourth grade stood their
first examination in literature
last Friday, on Hawthorne’s
“Snow Image.” All of the
papers were good, but a few
were exceptionally fine.
Raymond Wright, Nannie Belle
Jinks and Mary Dale Holifield
were missed from school the first
of the week.
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The Seventh grade have done
some fine work in their Geography
Note Books which will be ex
hibited at the Teachers’ Institute
Saturday.
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John B. Mays and Grady Hop
kins were missed from school
Monday.
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The subject for debate Friday
afternoon of the boy’s society:
‘ ‘Resolved, T hat the spoken word
has more influence than the writ
ten word.”
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Rev. S. P. Wiggins visited our
school recently, and conducted
the chapel exercises.
The non-self-govem drill has
become so popular that a number
of boys, and a few girls, partici
pate every afternoon.
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Willie Hannon of the fifth
grade, is absent this week on
account of sickness.
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A number of pupils were kept
at home during the recent rainy
weather.
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