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When President McKinley undertook
in good faith to apply the section of
the Dingley tariff laow providing for
reciprocity with other nations he was
but carrying out the manlate of the
Republican party. -We know from Sen
ator Dolliver and others that fa com
piling that tariff bill rates of duty were
purposely placed so high that the re
duction of 20 per cent provided for in
the reciprocity section would still leave
ample protection. Comnissioner Kas
son made reciprocity treaties with
France and other countries which al
lowed reduction of the dutics on many
products jmported from those coun
tries and a shinilar reduction on prod.
ucts of the United States exported to
them.
| The Des Moines Register, a Republie
an newspaper, which, however, favors
. reciproeity, says, “Senntor Aldrich is
the man who pizeonholed all the Me-
Kinley reciprocity treaties to sive an
unneeded tariflf on the Rthode Island
Imitation button business and who has
stood s o stene wall ngainst any con
cession whitever to liberal trade pold
cies,”
The American Economist, the prolee
tion organ, supporied by the protected
industries, conmmenting on the above,
says, “It wms a fortupaie thing for
the Republicon party and for the coun
try that the whole bunch of treaties
foolishly and ignorantly negotiited by
Comm!ssioner Knsson were permitted
to explire throvgh time lhinitation.”
That is lather toush on the memory
of President Meliinley and his speeial
commissioner, Mr, liasson, who had
merely eurriad cut the lnw in which
congress hud directed such steps for
" reciproeity to be talken, It is evident
that the high protection Republicans, |
who are in comtrol of that party. are |
determined te rule or ruin, Rather
« than have the sacredl Diwgley law
changed In . any particular they de-i
nounce thiose who wish to revise it or
who in good faith attemnted to put |
the provisicn for reciprocity in force. |
Those voterswho believe én reciprocity |
have evidently no place for them in!
the Republicen party as now vmmti-f
tated. ‘The torift berons, thd frusts
and combines have usurped coml:)lete'
. »ontrol; ]
BUSINESS AND DIPLOMACY. z
Something Has Gone Wrong \Vlth}
the “Open Door” lato CRiza. !
The "‘np(‘n dom’’ i nmto China, for ‘
which President loosevelt, Sccretary |
Hay eand the DRepublican party have |
taken so miich credit, seems o have |
something wrong with it. The uow!
treaty provides that the door to China |
ghall be open, hut somehow business !
with that country grows less. Our ex- !
ports of cotton goods to China are de- i
creasing instend of inereasing and will |
scon be’ obliterated unless the "opeu!
door” 1z onened wider. The loss is‘
alarming, for, while in February, 1908, |
our exports of cotton cloths were 34‘.»!
042,500 yards, this year in the same |
period they were only 13,800,444 yards.
The tragle situation is growing from
bad to worse, for in. March the ship
ments dropped to 8§,652302 yards
against 87,920,863 in 1803. The wmonth
of April was still more disastrous to
our merchants, for exports for that
month were but 1,041,000 yards against
84,040,141 yurds in April, 1908. This
sudden and extraordinary loss of trade
cannot be charged to the high price of
cotton, for the advance in price has
been about equal all over the world in
censequence of the shortage of the
crop or the increased demands.
#The millions in southern China must
still be using and buying cotton goods
from somewhere, for they cannot do
without such necessaries. Butone siled
treaties will not make trade between
countries, and caliing the door to Chi
aa open for political ellect camnot be.
relied on to increase our business with
that country. The “matchless diplo
macy” of the present administration is
therefore barren of good resudls as far
as our trade with China is concerned.
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el AN AL AR oo
k;@lhiea& Trust lr‘{:m,tvlngvilnu Ilad No
T h Efiect on bigh Prices, |
The injutction tint resident Roose-
Cvelt and his aitoraey general uhtnfiu;}k"f
“about two years azo ngiinst the héef
trust seetis to Love bud just the o
| posite effect intended, 1t was Suppos
“#d at the tine that President Roode
yelt wus beowting with ment $o kil
the most conspicuous Had trust” he
had discovered. It I 8 himpossilie to
‘tathom upon what theory ivesileat
| Rooscveit seiected the Leef trusi ns the |
l gole bad industrizl trust Le could find |
to prosecute, for the ceal frust, Ihe§
| Standard Cll trust, the sieel trust and
i dozens of otlicvs were culpable in the |
same degree, Tle proits ef ibe Stand- |
ard Ol trust wore larger and the djvi- !
dends pufd much prestel and the mo- |
‘nopoly even more grinding than the
'beef trast,” for- it had advanced i'm%
lprices 100 pertoceat W a 4 yeur. 'Fhe !
conl trust was equally guilly and quite
|as oppresgive, "I'he steel trust \\':xsf
' more giguntic ond as § menopoly spar- |
ed neither high nor low. Why were |
none of these selceted as thie “horeible |
examples” fi
i The reason wrs plain. @ They were |
" all too stroug politically and bad been
in the past aud awere exnecied to be in
the near future larae coniribntors to
the Lcpublfenn campalgn fund, It |
- would never do to “runanuck” egalnst ;
such gool fritnas, with their Wall |
street - conuccitons that eontrolled |
banks, trust companies, railronds and i
_other industrvic]l coumbines, with Dbalf |
-the capit®l .of the covniry at their ?
back. The. Leef cembine nien weve |
small petitecs compared to Ahe sther |
trust magnates. gpd as publie opinion !
was centered on Loef in consequence of |
the extraordinary increase in price the |
packers’ combination was selected for i
IKnox to slaugliter.
But the prekors” coembine people
were no novices in;ihe legal gane of
biuft and-Leing ndxised by their at
torneys that on infumetion restraining
them Troin combining in restraint of
trage Gid nob - ginderd4hem from a “gen
tlemen's pgrec:zen® {o 01l sell at tha
Bame price Sinlonet Bld acainst (\;1(:11‘
other for euttie and Lors left tle ‘m-’
Junction - obtained by the administra
tion “up imthe uir,” in the llnnguage of
the “sticet.”
So President Roosevelt got- all {he
credit for his war on the trust, but the
beef cousumers have proited Nothing.
for the price of Leef is still high.
But even the Depublican congress
could not justily a stite of alfairs that
kept up the price of beef and reduced
the price cf‘cattle, so last winter Sec
retary Cortelyou of the department of
commerce and labor was ordered to in
vestigate the packers’ combine. It is
presumed that for months this investi
gation has been going on, but it does
not seem to worry the packers and cer
tainly has bad no restraining effect on
the other trusts, for they are all still
charging “all the traflic will bear.,” If |
the voters of the country are satisfied :
with this playing at war against the !
trusts and vote to indorse su¢h namby |
pamby cperations they deserve te pmay
trust prices for the ‘bLalance of ther
lives and wiil probably do so. . 5
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FAVORING THE FEW. ;
Republican Policy Thct Is Sure to;
! End In Disastor,
Giving uu advintige 'Ly low to a
special cinss of peorle at the expense
of the great wunjor.ty is bound to be
disastrous in the emd. even to the'
pampered tariif Leneficiavies, for when ’
the consumers nre reduced to the !
necessity of curtailing their purchases l
by lack of means trust sales are re- |
duced and trust profits are decreased
accordingly. That is the present con- I
dition of affairs. And vet tiwe saerel !
schedules of the Dingley Dbill, which !
were purposely increased to allow the !
reciprocity clause to be put in force
by treaties and still have ample pro
tection to foster the trusts. must not
be touched. : 1
Every one remembers that the Ding
ley bill gave President McKinley au
thority to mako x'o(‘:iprocit,\" treaties
with Frunce.aud other countries, but
Jthe power of (e Liis, Wik e, Res.
publican senators was too great to al
low the treaties to be ratified. So
many of the rates of duty collected
undes the Lipsley liw cre still 20 per
mhighmfimn Divley and McKin
ley intendadl them 1o be when the first
named reported the bLill te congress
and the president signed it.
That 20 per cent inerease of rates
‘has allowed the trusts to ¢xtort higher
prices frour the people, aml many of
them ave suferhg from’ inability to
pay such a grect increase. If the voters
are satisficd with such high prices
they should continue the Republicans
in pnwer. but they must remember
that the trus:s arve solling to foreigners
at lower prices than they are charg
inz Liere, and those who are suffering
from hizh trust prices will hardly in
dorse the monstrous legislation that
permits our own people to be plunder
ed for the benrft of foreign nations.
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: Politieal Ziachines.
The strentous youne governor of Ill
nois, who has Just been defeated for
renomination, has alregdy commenced
to punish those of his appointees who
did not support him to the last ditch.
He has Jemmanded the resignation of
twenty-zix preminent Republican offi
cials, and Lhundreds more are to be de
capitated. “Death to all traitors!” is
the motto of Governor Yates, and it
is said that Mr. Deneen, the nominee
for governor, agrees with him and will
if suceessful exclude from participa
tion in the patronage distribution all
the partisans ef Senators Cullom and
Hopking and the other members of the
congressicnal - delegation that opposed
the winning side. This strentous ex
hibition of lack of brotherly love be
tween the lilineis Republicans shows
the mercenary machine that rules
them, which was aided and strength
ened by I'resident Roosevelt when he
appointed the noterious Doc Jameson
~a.naval oflicer. Such is Republican
politics everywhore—h maehine over
thrown, snoiber takes its place, all
based on patrouanze and plunder.
: Near the Supply.
The Republican congressional cam
paign committce will have its head
quarters in New York. The wise fat
frior uaturally wishes to . have his
piant as near as pessible to the supply 1
of raw material.—New York World. ‘
t Docs the i
% Baby Thrive
2 If not, something must be
wrong with its food. If the
2 mother’s milk doesn’t nour- §
2ish it, she needs SCOTT’S
EMULSION. It supplies the
2 elements of fat required for
ithe baby. If baby is not
nourished by its artificial
% food, then it requires
's Emulsi
+ Scott's Emulsion 3
% Half a teaspoonful threez
20r four times a day in its%
bottle will have the desired g
2 effect. It seems to have a ¢
2 magical effect upon babies 3
and children. A fifty-centz
f bottle will prove the truth §
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Should be talf‘cp in summer as ;
2 well as \g'lutetf.
‘2- scoTrE BONNE Chet Kow Yort. §
PEreCRs PR e
Take OuunureteCaaets €l 100, 06 854
It C. C. C. fail to cure, drugy Sts refund money
nues of Lee Cuunty,{.Gfiem ania e
° September 6th., It
It appearing to us that the ‘af'gri :
value ofiaxable properity 1n said Cg
according to the Tax Digests of said
ty, for the vear of 1904, is $1,369,358,
the State has assesed and levied $4:B
the one thousan dollars of taxable pro
—for Stale taxes, which levy will rais
sum of §6,572.91, from the taxable propg
in said county accorcing to said digests
And it further appearing to us that
nescary that a sum of $9,857.37, (in ad¢
on to what is now in the Treasury ), sha
be raised to pay the iddebtness and curr
expences of said county of Lee for the
suing vear:
1t 1s therefore here!y ordered—ihat a.
(or levy] (being 7;20 mills), be, and'
sime is, hereby assesed and levied
County purposes, upon amoumnts of t
able properity which has not been r tury
, which is subject to ad valorem taxes
said county of Lee; and that same is to
distributed as tollows:— |
For Jail purpeses-. -- .. .12 per.ce
For paying Jurors per diem,- 16 per cei
For Pauper purposes-_______ ...09 per cel
For Paying Salary of Judge of Coun
Goe - o s s e OB]
For Bridge purposes- . 20per cei
Fo. Paying Coroner’s Fees,- 05 per cel
For Paying Bailiff’s & Non-Res. Wi
TRes,. .oeeoo 08 Rer (08
FFor Road purposes, and to :
pay Guards, mantain con- -50 per cen
VABER el S |
For General purposes, to pay Court expel
SIGET o s e 00 SRR
150 per cen|
And it is ordcred that the Tax Collect¢
of said county of Lee collect said Count
Taxes hereby assesed as he collects th
States taxes, and that he pa. over th
Counties taxes to the Treasure of sai
county, as provided by the Jaw -
Witress our hands and official sigrature
in regular Session, this the day and yea
first above written,— ,
B. 1. McKinrey, Comity '‘Co'mi*m'r
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F. M. Mims, AFBGY it
I hereby certify thatthe aboveis a trnd
copy of the origival order of file avd rec!
ord iu this office.—
Witness my official signature and seay,
this the 7th., day of September, 1904.
James Morgrn, '
Clerk of the Superior Court, and Ex
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