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DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TELL THEIR PLANS FOR REVISION OF TARIFF
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Urges "Competitive” System.
High Tax on Luxuries and
Necessities Nearly Free.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The follow
ing- telegrams have been received by
The New York American from Speaker
Champ Clark and Majority Leader Os
car Underwood, of the house of repre
sentatives, in reply to queries as to
their ideas on the proper course for the
new administration to pursue in regard
to tariff legislation:
“Tax Luxuries Highest,
Necessities Lo^st. - ’
• Washington, Nov. 23.
Answering your far-reaching in
quiry touching the duty of the par
ty to the_j)eople in reducing the
tariff 1 will say that while I have no
disposition to thrust my views on
any subject upon the public, it is
my individual opinion and settled
conviction that promises made to
win an election should be religious
ly carried out after the election is
von.
Men should say what they mean
and mean what they say; and they
■hould speak the plain language of
the plain people so that all may un
derstand. The voters of the land
have a right to be treated honestly,
candidly, fairly and courageously.
■ They are entitled to that square
deal of which we hear so much and
sce'so little.
Robert J. Walker's report on th?-
tariff remains to this day the great
est paper on that subject. In it he
laid down this general principle:
"The highest rates should be on
luxuries; the lowest or none at all
on the necessaries of life,” That
should be the basis of our revision
of the tariff to which we are sol
emnly committed.
Plan to Pursue
T.n Levying Tariff.
The rates . hould be arranged so
as to produce the maximum of rev
enue, while taking from the ulti
mate consumers the minimum of
money in the shape of tariff taxes.
That statement may appear para
doxical, but what it proposes is
perfectly feasible, flier..- is a max
imum revenue producing tariff rate
on each particular item which can
be ascertained, and which should
be ascertained. The moment the
rate on any article goes above the
maximum revenue producing rate
the revenue begins to fall off and
the more the rate is increased the
more the revenue dwindles until it
disapepars entirely and the rate be
•ornes prohibitive.
Such is the ease with blankets
nine feet long, worth not over lo
•ents per pound, an article of prime
necessity on which the compound
specific and ad valorem tariff rates
when reduced to ad valorem
amounts to a tariff tax on between
u 5 and 182 1-2 per cent.
Without going into wearisome de
oils it is safe to say that three
fourths of all the tariff rates of the
Payne-Aldrich-Smoot tariff bill arc
above the maximum revenue-pro
ducing rates and should be reduced
at least to a competitive point.
The truth is that the words
competitive tariff" are more easily
understood than the words "a tariff
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be so effectively met by any other
institution. In entering this cam
paign, the Ad Men's club did so
only after careful investigation
apd consideration.
The active business men who
compose the Ad Men’s club are
giving their time to establish
"Associated I'Parities week" as a
permanent annual institution, be
cause they know it is worth
while.
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(.HAMI* ( LAL’K SAYS; “The basis of our revision of the rar
ih. 1o which we are solemnly committed. should be: ‘The highest
fates on luxuries; the lowest, or none at all. on the necessaries.’
Ihe rates should he arrailged to produce the maximum of
re\enue. while taking frimi the ultimate consumers the min
imum of money in the shape of tariff taxes. Tariff rates should be
teduced to a competitive point—giving Americans the Vmericau
market so long as they sell at fair prices, lint letting in foreign
ptoduets ii Americans undertake to gouge Americans. I nder the
present system where one dollar goes into the treasury, four and
five dollars go into the pockets of the tariff barons.”
Only One Woman to Share in Carnegie’s New Project
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for revenue only.” ‘‘A competitive
tariff" is one which would give
Americans the American market so
long as they sell at fair prices, but
would let in fo.reign products 'if
Americans undertake to gougd
Americans. “A competitive tariff”
would in practice be ‘‘a tariff for
revenue.” The revenue can be in
creased more frequently by reduc
ing rates than by increasing them.
The present tariff if thoroughly
overhauled couM be made to pro
duce a great deal more reveiiui®
and at the same time not cost the
taxpayers one-fourth of what they
now pay. for under the present
system where one dollar goes into
the Federal treasury four or five
dollars go into the pockets of the
tariff barons.
The rates in a new bill o • new
bills should be fully as low as the
rates in the bills which we passed
during this congress, and in some
cases lower.
All the talk about the Democrats
wanting to Injure business is abso
lutely preposterous.
What we want to do is to give
every man an equal opportunity in
the race of life, and not pamper a
few at the expense of many. That
plan would foster every legitimate
industry in the land and injure
none. That is one way in which
congress can aid in reducing the
exceedingly high cost of living,
which is really the most pressing,
vexatious and important problem
with which we have to deal. What
the people demand is cheaper food,
cheaper clothing, cheaper neces
saries of life generally. and any cuts
in tariff rates which do not accom
plish that are not worth the trou
ble and labor of making.
The revision ought to be and n ■
doubt will be made carefully, scien
tifically and in harmony with Dem-
I ocratic promises.
CHAMP CLARK.
Underwood’s Views
On Tariff Revision.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 23.
Editor New York American:
Sir— Answering your telegram, the
Democrats should carefully live up to
its principles and its pledges in the last
campaign.
These should be the coinpass that
guides our actions in writing the new
tariff.
The position of the party has been
clearly expressed in detail on most of
the important schedules to be revised,
in the bills that were passed through
the house in this congress. They were
approved by the Democratic national
convention and ratified by the people in
the recent election.
Details, of course, < an be changed so
long us they do not trench upon our
principals and pledges.
In my Judgment, the members of the
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1912
Wilson to Teil 11
i Policies to Congress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—President
elect Woodrow Wilson, it !s reported
here, will make known his policies to the
present congressmen and congressmen
elect. A caucus, they say, is to be j
called before March 4, inauguration day.
AU congressmen here are asking who 1
the messenger shall be. The report that !
there will be a joint caucus of senators I
and representatives is not confirmed here, i
There can be no joint conference between
th .senate and the house. |
The sena’o members, under Senator (
Martin, have decided they will caucus
alone. The new members of the house
will be asked to meet the old members
in conference on tariff legislation before <
the death of the present congress. Presi- 1
dent-elect Wilson has not announced his ,
views on the tariff, but it is expected
that tn his inaugural speech he will give ,
definite directions to the Democrats of
congress.
Mr. Underwood refused in the last ses
sion of the present congress to take or- 1
ders from Mr. Bryan on the wool .sched
ule. Mr. Underwood is against free raw .
wool and other radical free trade policies.
Mr. Clark supported Mr. Underwood, and
the house stood behind the two leaders.
‘‘The bills introduced in the house at '
the session this year represent the Demo
cratic idea,” said Speaker Clark today.
‘‘Mr. Underwood, who framed them, and
myself, were in harmony, and together we
passed the bills by a Democratic vote
through the house.”
PHYSICIAN ARRAIGNED
FOR KILLING FIRST WIFE
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Nov. 25.—Dr.
Arthur B. Smith was arraigned today on
an indictment charging him with murder
in the poisoning of his first wife. He
.entered a plea of not guilty and was
taken back to jail.
WOMAN WORTH $500,000
LIVED AND DIED A PAUPER
ST. PETERSBURG. I?ov. 25. —Living
as a pauper and buried in a pauper h
grave. Madame Kolobova left a $500,000
. estate. f
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ways and means committee should give
lan opportunity for all to bA heard be
fore they draft their bill.'-. These bills
should then be submftti d to the Demo
cratic caucus for amendment and ap
i pt oval.
In the meantime, I think it the part
, of wisdom for the Democratic members
i of the ways and means committee not
‘ to rush into any exm ession of tlu-ir in
I dividual opinions as to details. By re
fraining from doing so at his time they
will be in a better position to unite the
> party on a constructive program When
■ they present their bills to the Demo
cratic caucus.
fIHCAK \V UNDERWOOD.
| Alr<. Grover Cleveland, willow of the ex-presi
| dent, who will soon re-wed.
But She Believes Money Should
Be Provided by the Gov
ernment.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The Carnegie
Foundation trustees at. their recent
meeting at the home of Andrew' Car
negie decided to pension future ex
presidents of the United States and the
unmarried widows of ex-presidents.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, one' of the
two living widows of former presidents,
said to a Georgian correspondent in
Indianapolis:
“I believe former presidents should
devote their lives to the services pf the
nation and that the government should
provide a pension for them. General
Harrison frequently was called upon
for services and at a sacrifice of his
own time.”
One hundred and twenty-five millions
of securities have thus far been trans
ferred to the Carnegie Foundation By
a two-thirds vote the directors are em
powered to modify or discontinue any
work or inaugurate any new work that
seems more desirable for the wants of
the age,'whether they be the promotion
of new ideas or the development of
those of today.
In making public the action of the
trustees there was also given out a
paragraph taken from "The Gospel of
Wealth,” published almost a quarter of
a century ago. It was given out as Mr.
Carnegie’s chart of life’s- voyage as it
was then revealed to him. The few
hundred words that set the iron master
to giving am! led to his resolve to die
poor are as: follows:
Men may die without incurring
the pity of their fellows, still shar
ers in great business enterprises
from which their capital can not be
or has not been withdrawn, and
which is left chiefly at death for
public uses, yet the day is not far
distant when the man who dies
leaving behind him millions of
available wealth, which \>as free
for him to administer during life,
will pass away ‘unwept, unhonoreu
and unsung.’ no matter to what use
he leaves the dross which he can
not take with him. < if such as these*,
the public vei dl< t will then be, ‘The
man who dies thus rich dies dis
graced.”
This, then, is held to be the duty
of the man of wealth. First, to set
an example of modest, unostenta
tious living, shunning display or
extravagant '-: to provide moderate
ly for tlv legitimate wants of those
dependent upon him, and. after do
ing so. to consider all surplus reve
nues which come to him .-imply as
trust Binds, which he is called upon
to administer, and strictly bound as
a matter of duty to administer in
the manner in which, in his judg
ment, is best calculated to product
the most, bem liciai results for the
community. Such, in iny opinion,
is the true gospel of wealth.
OtSt’AR rXD/RWOOl) SAYS: “The Democrats should careful
ly live iip t > the principles and its pledges in the last campaign.
■'These should be tile compass that guides our actions in writing
the new tarilf.
“ i’he position of the party has been clearly expressed in detail
on most of the important schedules io be revised, in the bills that
were passed through the house in this congress. They were ap
proved by the Democratic national convention and ratified by the
people in Hie recent election.
”Details, of course, can he changed so long ns thoy do not trench
upon our principles and pledges.”
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111 GIM TRIAL
jWife of Accused Near Break
down as Case Nears Close.
Defendant Cool.
GOSMivN, N. Y., Nov. 25. —Ramm's
that nn inve.-tigatmn would be
made of the all 'ged attempts to "fix"
Jtiic jury in th" tii.z of Attorney Burton
\V. Gibson for the munler of Countess
■ Rosa Mensehik Szabo flew fast and
| thick here about the court house today,
j Accoriiing to Ute reports, counsel for
pile piosecutioh reported to Justice
Tompkins that they had learned that a
i member of the jury had been approach
| nd after the Friday's session by a mys-
I terious man who has been a daily spec-
I tator in the court room since the Gib
' son trial began.
: A large delegation of society people
came here today from Tuxedirand New
[York to hear the summing up speeches
i of Attorney Wats' r Vogel, for the state.
L nd Robert 11. Elder, for the defense,
.and the viiarge to the jury by Justice
' Tompkins.
Gibson arose eafly. ate heartily and
Seemed Colifldi lit.
[ -At 10:30, the hour of convening court,
i Justice Tompkins called Juror Tarry
i Tweddle from the jury box and held a
i conference with him in an ante-room.
Tin interview was believed to be in re-
I hition to the attempt at JWj fixing.
I Attorney Elder summed up first.
; While Elder was speaking Mrs. Gibson
so nervous that her friends
I feared she would collapse. Gibson, on
[ the other hand, was the coolest person
: in the room.
Justice Tompkins interrupted the
; lawyer to rule that of ail the counts in
the. Indictment he would instruct the
jury only on the strangling charge.
MME. SEMBRICH IN
CONCERT TONIGHT;
SEES CITY ON FOOT
I Mme. Marcella Sembrich will sing in
concert tonight at the Baptist Taber
nacle auditorium and it i» expected that
she will be greeted by a great throng
of Atlanta music lovers.
The great diva spent all Sunday in
Atlanta, and this morning, despite the
, cold wind, enjoyed a stroll through the
L residence section of the city.
She is accompanied on iter concert
tour by Frank LaForge, a noted pian
, ist. and Casini, a famous 'cellist.
Mme. Sembrich yesterday and today
received a number of Atlanta music
lovers, who declared her personality as
[ pleasant as her voice is beautiful.
Following is the program as arranged
for the. engagement this evening:
' I. Fantasy over Russian songs, David-
• off—Mr. Casini.
; 2. Aria from “Ernani,” Verdi—Madame
Sembrich.
1 3. Toccata and fugue, Bach-Tauslg—Mr.
i LaForge.
t. (a) "Ute Forelle,”_ Schubert; (b)
’ “Klarchen’s Lied," Schubert; (c) "Im
Kahne," Grieg: (<1) “Nussbaum," Sehu
? inarm; (e) "Fruchllngsnacht,” Schumann
Madame Sembrich.
Intermission.
, 5. (a) "Romance," LaForge: (b) Valse
de concert, LaForge—Mr. LaForge.
6. (a) Ouvre tes yeux bleus. Massenet;
<b) "Before the Crucifix,” IxiForge; (c)
. “Spooks," LaForge; (d) "Constancy,”
.Foote —Madame Sembrich.
f 7. ia) Nocturne, Chopin; (b) Scherzo,
, Klengel—Mr. Casini.
8. “Storielle del Bosco Viennese,”
' Strauss Mndaem Sembrich.
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.
' NOW IN ITS NEW QUARTERS
'I he Columbia Phonograph Company ie
• now In its new quarters at 132 Peachtree
t street. These have been completely re
; modeled and handsomely furnished, shel
r tering not only the local branch of the
j company but the offices of the Southern
headquarters, which controls seven
states.
A large shipment of the latest designs
of instruments market] the company’s
opening. The Atlanta branch not only
sells instruments for entertainment, but
Is able to supply the demand for dicta*
phones.
West, i velt Terhune is manager of the
Atlanta branch and Southern headquar
ters. Richard Thornton and Gilbert Hun
ter assist him.
'awardsTnch andhalf
OF HOUSE TO CLAIMANT
!H;NVER, Colo., Nov. 25. -Deciding a
dispute over a dwelling, District Judge
Whitford awarded inches of it to one
claimant, Harold Herman, and the re
mainder to the other, Joseph Sullivan.
Herman Insists Sullivan must chop off
his 11,2-inchl 1 ,2-inch and give It to Herman in
chips.
LIQUOR BILLED AS BRAN
SEIZED BY U. S. OFFICERS
KANSAS CITY, MO., Nov. 25. Sixty
barrel-: of whisky and sixty barrels of
beer, consigned to Tulsa. Olds., o a ear
load of : run •. >re seized in the tit. Louis
;■ n<l t n Frunciseo railway yards by offi
cen of the department of justice. Offi
cer.- xu. <!:■.: tietitious names were used
for both consignor and consignee.
Sees Slaying in Film,
Then Says She Killed
Husband 10 Years Ago
Long Brooding Conies to Cli-'
max When Macon Woman Is
Held as Insane.
MACON, GA., Nov. 25.—Ten years of
secret remorse over the killing of her
husband in Ireland, and for whose
death she now says she was responsi
ble, hits so affected the mind of Mrs.
Isabelle McAfee that her relatives here
have had her put in Jail on tt writ of
lunacy.
Several months ago Mrs. McAfee saw
a moving pietv re, the plot of which, she
thought, corn spondee] In a measure
with the hidden story of her life. From
that day, her relatives say. she begatr
to worry and weep, and to manifest
every ovidem- • of suffering the pangs
of conscience. Finally her nervous
system became shattered, ami with fail
ing health her mind began to wander.
In her more lucid periods, Mrs. Mc-
Afee declared to her relatives that she
had been responsible for the violent
death of her husband in Ireland in
1902, and that this fact now was prey
ing on her mind. Today she repeated
these statements to tile jailer and other
persons at the jail. She declares that
she is not crazy, and Is angry with her
sister for having her confined in jail,
but says that her health has been
ruined by her mental anguish and con
stant remorse.
Mrs. McAfee came to Macon about a
year ago. Prior to that time she had
lived in the North for two years. She
has been in the United only since 1909.
She will be tried before a jury for lu
nacy.
HUSBAND ACCUSED
IN DIVORCE SUIT OF
PAREGORIC SPREES
Asserting that her husband is on a con
tinuous spree Induced by his favorite
I drink—paregoric—Mrs. Laura Reinhardt
tiled suit for divorce today against Wil
liam Hoyle Reinhardt. Mrs. Reinhardt
asked superior court for alimony as well
and the custody of her three children.
She said, that Reinhardt once drank
liquor, but recently he took to paregoric
and even used morphine. When under
the influence of paregoric, she said, he
beat her and mistreated the children.
COURTSHIP ON PHONE:
“HELLQ2J3IRL IS BRIDE
FULTON, MO., Nov. 25.—An acquaint
ance formed over the telephone In busi
ness hours resulted in the marriage of
Richard J. Sullins, owner of the Mokane
telephone plant, and Miss Ferena Backer,
of Fulton, former long-distance operator
at the Fulton exchange of the Buffum
Telephone Company. The couple are
passing a week's honeymoon in St. Louis
n ’hey will live at Mokane.
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8 Studebaker “20” delivery service is a
new element in modern business, and
because it accomplishes the seemingly
impossible it has won its place.
The Studebaker “20” is coming every
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REAL FALL HERE;
PUMPKINS RIP
First Real Frost of Seasol
Blackens Fields ‘Sim- ■
moos' Am Ready Now.
Jack Frost aw< oped down upon At
lanta in earnest this morning, and froi
all over the stale reports have come /
the local weather bureau telling o
freezing temperatures and blackens
fields. *
The thermometer marked up 30 de
grees. but to the man outside it seeme
much colder, while in the fields droop
ing vegetation, rapidly turning blael
showed the killing power of tile frost i
the night. The pumpkins were give®
their final good-taste tang, preliminar
to Thanksgiving, and on every perslrn
mon tree the succulent little balls wer
touched with black —index of excellent
beyond compare.
Even the turkeys seemed to realiz
that their mortuary season was draw
ing near. The farms cast a speculativ
eye toward the eastern horizon an
spoke of "hog killin’” weather an
possum tracks on the sandy road show
ed big and strong.
It's real Thanksgiving weather, ac
cording to the weather man. and it wi
continue until Thursday. Though th
atmosphere will be warmer tomorrow
the frost still will be with us, and eac
morning at it comes will be one of pur
fall weather, just cool enough to malt
life worth living.
EASTMAN SPEAKERS WIN
IN HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
EASTMAN, GA., Nov. 25. —In a da
bating contest the Eastman High schoo
team won over South Georgia college
at Mcßae. The subject was: “Resolve!
That Georgia Should Establish an.
Maintain a System of High School.
Eastman championed the negative sid
and was represented by Myrick Clem
ents and Carson Wright. Both youni
men are practically inexperienced li
debate. They were coached by Pro!
C. Pittman, an old inter-collegiafi
debater of Emory college, and Prof. N
W. Hurst, superintendent of the East
man school. Literary societies are i
new feature of the Eastman High schoo
and are doing good work.
STUBBORN BOY GIANT IS
SENT TO REFORMATORY
BOSTON. Nov. 25.—Accused by hii
mother of being a ".stubborn child,'
Russell W. Owens, six feet three inehei
tall and weighing ISO pounds, war : n
tericed to the reformatory.
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