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J. C. HEARTSELL, EDITOR
Offloial Organ bf the County.
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Our Washington Letter.
WasmaoToir, D. C., Juke 16—
Just • few words with M*Mid*nt
Boossvelt. Is bs backing up-4U
word* with deeds? He said in his
speech at Denison, Iowa, on June 2;
«* think yon will do me the justice
to say thaAl do not say what I do
sot 'mean. I never said anything off
the stump that 1 would not say n
the stump. So what I say now yen
oan take as sincere.”
So, you admit, Mr. President, that
your two month’s swing ar- und the
oircle was a stumping tour pure and
simple. Now, then, in view of your
article, written in 1900 and published
in the Youth’s Companion last No¬
vember, on the duties and responsi.
bilities of the President of ‘the
United States, in which you said
“there are few harder tasks than that
of filling well and ably” this high
office, do you think it entirely prop
er for a President to leave his past
for more than two months at a time
to stump the country for his own
nomination and election? Had you
presidential stumping tours in mind
when you said at that time “the
President should be held to a strict
accountability alike for whit he does
and for what he leaves undone?”
Were you a sincere free trader
when you were a member of the New
York Free Trade Club in the 80’s
and when you said you would “die
for free trade?” If so, how do you
explain your letter of resignation to
the Secretary, Mr. Poullnay Bigelow,
written after you had decided to de¬
sert the Independents, who had
elected you to the N» w York Legis
lature and when you had deuided to
go over to the enemy, Platt and the
‘‘professional politicians,” whom you
were elected to fight and against
whom you expressed great hatred?
Was it not purely and simply to
promote your political ambitions?
Are you willing now to repeal your
free trade speeches on the stump?
You say you are always willing to
say on the stump what you say off
of it. You are now playing the re¬
publican; when will the free trade
performance begin?
One year ago Dr. Schurmsn, one
of your republican friends, gave us
the campaign slogan for 1904 of the
Rs- “ Roosevelt, Reciprocity and
Revision" of the tariff. If, as gener¬
ally supposed, Dr. Schurrnan then
correotly summarized your position
on the tariff, as gathered from your
New England speeches, are you
wil.ing to repeat those speeches now?
If not, why not?
Is there any truth in the widely
published statements that lb< l’ro
tective Tariff League people
“changed" yonr views when rhey in
fornied you jus betme \<m lefi
Washington on April 1, that if y.>u
did not cease t.«> talk revisi n th**v
would prevent your nomination?
Are you now willing, ill 1‘re-t
dent, to say on the stum,< what \ >u
said of union workmen in the Re
view of Reviews of Sepeemb, r,
1896? You then said “TflE MEN
WHOOBJEt-'P I'O WHAT THEY
ST1 LE ‘GOV ERNMEN 1' BY IN
JUNCTION' are, as regards thr
esaential priecmles of governm>-ni,
IN HEARTY SYMPATHY
WITH i llElR REdOl E 'Mvl \
v *. 11> tNch"TOR'S Who
blVKI) IN \VE-, H)fi , I
ONE vNOIMEu iVli’U " t ON E
HEADED AXES, AND ATE THE
MAMMOTH AND WOOLLY
RHINOCEROS/^ They aie inter
rui.r-BBilCHe 1 •» t..fi ‘ 1
pumvst, but U’UAV AKU> 1MN-
whenever there -s the
least chance of their making the
principles of this ages buried past
livinsr factors in onr present life.
“THEY ARE NOT !N SYMPA
THY WITH MEN OF GOOD
MINDS AND SOL ND CIV 10
;morality"
Why wers yon not repeating on
yonr recent stomping tonr *vha yon
■aid of the farmers and
and workman in yonr “Ranch Life
and Hunting Trail?"
Yon said there that although the
oowboys and ronghriders migh’ be
“broken hv weeks of brntal
lion" vet. “THEY ARE MIH'fT
BETTER FELLOWS AND
PLEASANTER COMPANIONS
THAN SMALL FARMERS OR
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS;
NOR ARE ThE MECHANICS
AND WORKMEN OF A GREAT
CITY TO BE MENTIONED IN
THE SAME BREATH"
„ If von will ... show , vour sincerity . , b
v
repeat,ng n the stump what von
have said of free trade, of union
workmen , and farmers, , we wil not
ask , vou about , vour sincerity . .
as a
•
civil , service reformer when
von
point . d Pavne and Clarkson to high
office, or it vou think .... it entire! . ,
’
proper for the President who , every
year must s,gn many hills affecting
the railroads, to ride in private cars
at. the expense of these same rail
roaf j g
“Words are good when hacked up
by deeds, and only so," as you told
us, Mr. President, in one of your
speeches last July. It is up to yon.
*•*
A little trick of ihe President's
during his “swing around the circle"
was to give to the Associated Press
representative accompanying him
type- written copies of his address to
be delivered at any given point,, to
be sent out broadcast over the coun
try as the speech he delivered there.
That speech, as sent out, was care
fully built and edited. It was not
the speech he deliveeed, however,
by a long shot. Mr. Roosevelt said
many things in his speeches that did
not reach the people of the country,
and things he did not want the coun¬
try at large to hear. He was caught
at his litt le game by the Butte, Mon¬
tana, Miner. That paper sent a
stenographer to hear Mr. Roosevelt
and took his speech down verbatim,
and it differed materially from the
type-written copy sent to that office
early in the evening. He said many
things of a radical nature, and they
were things be would not
want the business interests of the
country to get hold of, for fear that
there would not he the same una¬
nimity in endorsing him for nomina¬
tion as there seems to have been
lately If this isn't saying things on
the slump that he does not say off
of it, what do you call it? If this
isn't approaching the game of the
fakir who sells soap from the tail
gate of a wagon, name it? Th t sort
of work has neither the color nor the
odor of statesmanship. It is
mere trick of a politicast.ro It this
be h se m-ijeste, make the nn s< of j|.
• Since the hi uin <>f ih- Pl> sldent
to Ins lir*i hn->•<-lu x ' flic, he has
ha sever.!* inH"VH »s with ihe
Poslm is'*-r • lo-iel mil In- has l, hi
him to "g' 1 ff ihe ini'’ and i.-t the
stink come out The latur is
\oob*y him hy getiing out of town
and allowing his subo dinates to
stand ih>- st*nch. It is well known
that Mi. Payne suffers sill acute
indigcsiion and his stomach is not
’ siioug enppgh in stand this *h
long# ng
am Phosi of ns who are
n . 1 X!» \
t
I >iti
, : 1 ! Ill' 1>1 O IU- id ui.<* clii
investigation goes “bravely on,” so
it issaio, but it is remarked i>Oe
,
; that after all the replies to Mr ful
- : ’ ,o . t, i ( .,1 1
Mia u»t analysis, the only way iu
which they have refuted anything
be has charged has twen by calling
him “another.”
It is a noteworthy fact to be borne
j n mind that all the replies to Mr
Tuliocb'a charges have been given to
| the public with the exception of the
reply of Mi. Bristow, the Fourth
> Assistant Postmaster General The
1 reason, it is believed hers, is because
Mr. Bristow has corro'erated Mr
i Tulloch's charges in almost every
| important particular It will take a
democratic spade to get to the bot
tom of this tpuck hf ap.
*
: - The Amerie n Society of Eqoitv
of Indianapolis ha* issued a bulletin
I to the farmes of the United States
demanding an incr-ase m the
of wheat, arguin - that the minimum
price of wheat should be &1 a bushel
and urgi .g the farmers not to sell
tor less than SI. The Society was
i organized a year ago, with that city
: ag , iona , hpaH fcf> ; ntain
„ a ar-ers, ma
j f , igh „ r priceH for farm dfJCIR ,
co-operation of r the . farmers .. of , the .
country, d , .. this • .... the first t formal .
a is
1 demand 4 __. for , increase . in prices . The
I bul’etin - that, , beca , of
reasons se , the .
j M«w . vistb.e . -. supply , of c wheat , and the
i :.__. nigh cost of . production, ... owing
; ^ ^ fw ^ otbef commo(ii
.
^ $1 at Ch| m .. an
,, qimab | e prjt , e for wh( ,, ‘ u
It may be heresy, but I would like
l ° to tho F > k y Societ .v
that thfcr ‘‘ is * noth * r and MWr and
a more certain way for the farmers
to accomplish the result aimed at,
and it does not involve the rir-k and
almost certain failure of attempting
to i xiitate the manufacturing trust*,
In the first place the price of
.K • fixed ,n Liverpool and not ,n .
cago, and if we ceased entirely to
export the chances are that the price
in Chicago would not go to one dol
lar, There are too many farmers
and they are too widelv scattered to
tntm form a a trust, trust and and even even’d if they .1, were „ ,
not they are not prof eted by •
taun ratuf*, as are the manufacturers,
The latter can get together, form a
trust and force the prices as high as
the tariff wall at any time
oho. se. J he farmers can do no such
thing. The manufacturers have thus
forced up the prices that the farmer
must pay for manufactured goods an
average of about 40 per cent, since
the Dingley tariff i ill became a
The prices of many articles, such as
barb wire, wire, nails, tin plate win
dow glass, etc., have been forced up
100,200 or 300 per cent, in our
markets, though sold at very low
prices to foreigners.
If tariff duties on trust products
were taken off, manufactured
which now sell for SI would sell
60 cents. The farmer could then
buy as much w ith his bushel of wheat
8tddn g at C( 'nts in Chicago as he
wou ^ d S el c - u ' d force the price
oF wd,eB *' H P while paying the
j P re!, " nt high trust price for his goods.
It is entirely feasible for the
farmers, by voting for no tariff on
j H'^t goods, to reduce thp cost of
«h-.' they have l bnv I' is noi a!
a. t- if, Hi n
1 luotgft hi 1 iti -i (i
price t wh it 30 >r 4<l n
I hi farmers ar.- the backbone of
proo i-tion in iins c in.' y, dt'iouj ,
as a leading republican - the late
Ren Butteiworth—said in 1900:
“The manuf%eiurers ami ihe trusts
get the protection and the profits of
th** tariff; the srmer gels the husks
and • liiimbug " How much longer
will,the farmer continue to 1mv re
publican gold Pricks?
»arles A. Edwards.
R It’ V-X > Pa bn lea
Doctor* jnd
A good prescription
For mankind
i he o-'-eni >:ac!.ei is enough for usual
■i ns V f mi y hot'le (hi) cents)
Ijt'3, fl py r -i year. All drug*
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EPICUREAN
EDIBLES. m
We are the onlv exclusive Grocery merchants in Spring Place.
Our whole attention is directed to the one idea of filling our shelves
with choice as well as substantial dainties for the inner man. Prices
are as low as you will find elsewhere and service much superior.
During the year 1903 we shall carry a full stock of staple and fancy
Groceries ami Hardware, ihe prices of which will be right all the time.
1’he stock will embrace flour and meat, sugar, coffee, best kerosene for
lamps, soda, canned goods, such as pie peaches, California peaches, to¬
matoes, apricots, pears, sardines, oysters, potted ham, Libby’s celebrated
ham loaf and chicken temale, Vienna sausage, mince meat, cocoa nuts,
; and hundreds of other articles.
Besides fancy groceries a full supply of the celebrated Gold Medal
j Flour always on hano. We also carry a nice selection of notions, con
sisiing of pants, suspenders, sox, toilet articles, perfnmes, underwear,
ties, etc. Vour custom will be much appreciated. Respectfully,
i W.l.&J.E. JOHNSON
Pendley & Thompson
j SPRING PLACE, GA.,
carry a full line of Coffins, Caskets, Burial Robes, Slippers and all other
accessories necessary to the obsequies of our dear departed —in fact they
are the only up- to-date
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j We have purchased an elegant Hearse which we expect to arrive in
a short time and will then be able to serve our patrons with many more
<0,iven * nces than has ever been afforded them by any home dealer in
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ever betore been done itl Spring Place
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ronndingr counties*
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