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DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TELL THEIR PLANS FOR REVISION OF TARIFF for ' iwJH 1 | /J|l ©•v PACK . *ff(M. I Champ Clark I MEH GUP ft HAS STRIKING TARIFF PUN •> 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 r-".|wiiM_iijiiiMiiiiii»«mT> — rniiTwr- ■•—■—— The Ad Men’s Club Believes the Associated Charities is filling a need in Atlanta that could not 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. Will jou help? Space Donated by Scott & Bowne Bloomfield, N. J. (.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 MRS. HARRISON FOR PENSION I v ’Vr ... I -W • I - Wwi lb s < O * I < IMr ■ i May/ L/sfez- w w W" '/ ' A **» ' I / .: -■■"***■* e- < ».* -J w* 11 “ ' ■ - '=- -ssssafefc:'?. tea \C—. ■ iLd-". • // o -■»’ rXc'-'c-wIT?' V Airs. Beniamin Jlarrisim. one of Ihe two living | widows of former presidents. I I 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 > ——■ ' ‘ 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.” HIJUi™ 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. i Ii 1? “■ <3 I 1 $ 600 I Foremost Merchants Everywhere are Buying Studebaker “20” Delivery Cars. I hey are thereby cutting their costs, serv ing present trade better, and getting more trade than they ever had before. 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 where. It will strengthen your business. US Why wait? You need it now. jl./ MS Send for us The Studebaker Corporation | ATLANTA BRANCH I JE 114 Auburn Ave. G.W. Hanson, Mgr. ® Lmrkk life * ' n-'- ■ Oscar Underwood 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. 3