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C. P. TAFT’S II
FIGURES IN
THE_CASE
Proceedings against World
and News Due to Linking
of Names of C. P. Taft
and J. Douglas Robinson
in Canal Purchase Criti
cisms.
NEW YORK—The- nature of the
proceedings which have been In
stituted against the New York World
and the Indianapolis News because of
their criticisms of the method by
■which the purchase of the Panama ca
nal wan made, was not disclosed In
the brief hearing In court, here Mon
day morning.
It was believed, however, lo be the
outcome of President Roosevelt's
message to eongresa whleh protested
against linking the name of Charles
P, Taft, the brother of the president
elect and 7 Dougina Robinson, the
president’s hrother-ln-lnw. In crltlo
lsniß of the canal purchase.
The proceedings were halted by nn
order obtained by counsel for the
World's editors, calling upon the
United States district, attorney to
show cause why the subpoenaes
should not be quashed. A brief ar
gument was heard by Federal Judge
Ward on the motion to the quash
subpoenaes after which adjournment
taken until four o’clock In the after
noon, when the judge will hear fur
there arguments.
John M. Mowers, of counsel for the
World, argued that the form of the
subpoena waß illegal, Inasmuch ns It
did not state the nature of the In
quiry or the person accused and lh.it
such a proceeding was an abuse of
the process.
The district attorney argued that
the form of subpoena had been used
In practice In this district for fifty
years and was recognized by the
statutes of the United States.
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TO DISCUSS MARKET
WEDNESDAY AT NOON
At Its meeting on Saturday, the
Meriwether Farmers’ club appointed
and Instructed a committee to the
meeting which will be hold at. the
Chamber of Commerce next Wednes
day at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of
dtaoussing the market place proposi
tion.
Bach club In the Savannah Valley
Associated Farmers' clubs will be rep.
resented by a committee. The execu
tive committee of the association will
be present. Knelt club In the "su
preme organisation” has a represen
tatlon of one on this executive com
mittee. Certain clubs decided to In
struct their executive committeeman,
instead of appointing a special com
mlttee of three. They, however, are
a minority.
The meeting will probably as
semble some SO or 35 representatives.
It 1* safe to say that they will favor
a market place The sentiment and
daslre of the executive committee will
be governed by the action of the
■pedal committees In convention as
sembled.
It is not improbablo that the ques
tion of holding a Harvest Festival
will be taken m> and discussed.
FIVE MEN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
North Bound Flyer Was
Derailed and Many Pas
sengers Were Seriously
Injured.
BEAGLE. Kas. The Katy Flyer,
north bound was derailed at a switch
here Monday morning. Engineer
Cowden is believed to be killed. His
body has not been recovered. Four
Italian workmen sleeping in bunk
cars in the siding were killed. Sev
eral others are perhaps fatally in
jured. Four passengers were seriO' s
Iv Injured
CITY PAYS $41,345.39.
The accounts committee of • ity
council met Monday morning to go
over bills and salaries for the month.
They ordered bills and salaries to be
paid, to the amount of $41,3(5 :!9. No
other business was transacted, the
session helm; brief.
The Doctor’s First Question
How are your bowels?” This is generally the first question the
♦h*? **4*ll. Hcknows wkat a sluggish liver means. He knows
that headaches, bilious attacks, indigestion, impure blood, are
often promptly relieved by a good liver pill. Ask him if he
[approves of Ayer’s Pills. Then follow his advice. fcf
DUTY ON COFFEE
HIDES JJCHEME
DEALERS SEE IN TAX OF FIVE
CENTS A POUND A PLAN OF
A SYNDICATE TO EN
RICH THEMSELVES
11,700,000 BAGS COULD
ESCAPE THE NEW DUTY
Could Be Rushed Into the
Country and Uncle Sam’s
Expected Profits For a
Year or More Would Be
Diverted To Private
Pockets.
(From The New York World.)
A gigantic scheme by which Lon
don and American speculators and
financiers expect to make $75,000,000
or more stands revealed, according
to Information given, by the power
ful agitation now begun at Washlng
! ton for an Import duty of five cents
a pound on coffee.
If the plans of this syndicate go
through not only will from $75,000,-
' 000 to $77,000,000 be taken from the
j pockets of American consumers of
j coffee for the enrichment of the
j speculators, but the latter will have
the added satisfaction of fooling the
United HtatPS— lnasmuch as, under
the proposed acheme, this country
will get, for the first year or more,
I practically none of the Import duty
i which it. Is planning to levy.
On the contrary the Import duty,
or Its equivalent, will flow Into the
I hands of the syndicate, and the st.ato
jof Sao Paulo, In Brazil, will have
1 carried its famous ‘’valorization’’
coup to a successful conclusion at
the entire expense of the hoodwinked
American coffee consumers.
Inside History of the Scheme.
The Inside hlßtory of the whole
scheme—ono of the biggest and clev
erest ever put up, It Is said In Wall
street—ls In brief hb follows:
Brazil produce* nearly 90 per cent
of the coffee drunk In this country.
Practically all of the Brazilian oof
fee used here Is grown In the state
of Sao Paulo. There was an enorm
ous crop In Sao Paulo In 1901. It
demoralized the trade. Early In 1900
there were Indications that Sao
Paulo would produce aother bumper
crop, with the probability that the
market would again be glutted. The
state of Sao Paulo derided to “valor
ize" In effect., to equalize the mar
ket prices, by buying and storing the
surplus crop. The idea back of (he
scheme was that lean years would
follow fat ones and that the stored
berries could then be fed into the
world's maw judiciously and prices
maintained.
But nature disposed otherwise
Normal crops followed the abnormal
one, and the stored coffee could not
command the price necessary to meet
the debt which Sao Paulo had con
tracted in order to carry the sur
plus. Shrinkage and storage charg
es and other expenses began to eat
In measurably and trouble was ahead
The Brazilian government thereupon
came to the aid of Sao Paulo and
agreed to assume thnt state’s "valori
zation" debt and also to float the
whole scheme on its own account.
Herman Stricken, the millionaire
cofee importer of New York, Is cred
ited with having originated the Sao
Paulo valorization scheme, and it Is
said he was largely instrumental In
Inducing the Brazilian national gov
ernment to assume the plan. Ac
cordingly, the original Indebtedness
of Sao Paulo, against which the ex
cess coffee had been put up as col
lateral, was refunded, through the
Kothschilds, Schroedors and other
foreign bankers.
Bonds Issued by Brazil.
Under the enlarged plan the Bra
zilian government Issued $75,000,000
in bonds, pledging Sao Paulo coffee
as collateral. The bonds were han
dled In this country by J. P. Morgan
Ai Co. According to a statement pub
lished In Nov. 18 last, by the Inter
state Grocer, of St. Louis, over the
signature of Mr. Stricken, he and Ar
buckle Brothers, the Brooklyn coffee
grinders, had taken over the valori
zation coffees.
"We are fully secured.” ho said,
"on the advances we have made. My
firm (Crossman Ai Stricken) will glad
jl> take over all the coffee at tho
j advance made on It.”
And now, when tho "valorization"
plan is just nicely arranged, comes
the strong cry before the ways and
means committee of congress for the
Imposition of an Import duty on cof
> fee of live cents a pound. It is re
-1 garded as deeply significant that no
protest it heard from Brazil against
this proposed tax. Under ordinary
circumstances countries arc quick to
protest when the American govern
ment proceeds to lay a tax on their
imports. But In the case of Brazil
i there has been no protest. The rea
|son. according to information given
l to The World. Is as follows:
The visible supply of Brazilian cof
| fee Is now, approximately, as follows:
Bags.
At Santos. Brazil 2,500.000
i At Rio, Brazil 300.000
jin European warehouses .. 5,000.000
| In U. S. warehouses 3,200,000
I Afloat, on route here 700,000
REFUSED MILLION DOLLARS TO
SPARE HUMANITY SUFFERING
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Grecnough, who recently died
in Brooklyn, was the widow of B. F. Grecnough,
who invented an explosive compound for which the
Russian government offered him one million dol
lars. Mrs. Greenought persuaded him to refuse the
offer and to destroy the formula. In the picture are
shown five generations of the Greenough family.
Below, at the left, is Mrs. Elizabeth P. Greenough,
great-great grandmother; above, at the left, Mrs.
August Lippitt, great grandmother; above, at the
right, Mrs. Joseph O’Conner, grandmother; below,
at the right, Mrs. William and Donald William,
mother and child.
A bag of coffee averages 132
pounds. Therefore the duty on a bag,
at five cents a pound, would average
$6.60 and the total duty on the 11,-
700,000 bags would be about $77,200,-
000.
Of the coffee in the warehouses in
this country and afloat consigned to
America, 1,800,000 bags belong to the
Brazilian government, but are held
by the speculators as collateral for
the loans growing out of the valori
zation plan of Sao Paulo now guar
anteed by Brazil. Of the 5,000,000
bugs of coffee stored abroad In the
warehouses at Havre, Bremen, Ham
burg and elsewhere, practically all is
"valorization" stock, held by the
speculators, who are guaranteed five
per cent interest on their risk. A
considerable portion of the coffee
stored In Brazil is- also "valorized."
Could be Ruahed Here.
All of this immense stock of cof
fee could be shipped to the United
Stales and put in the warehouses
here on thirty days' notice of a five
cent tariff Impost. That it would
be shipped is the positive statement
of leading coffee brokers here, who
unite in saying that in this quick and
easy way a supply of Brazilian cof
fee sufficient to last the American
consumers nearly two years would be
rushed here on the very eve of the
imposition of the tax. The coffee
consumption in the United Slates In
the year ending June 30, 1908, was
7,043,000 bags.
The result would be that the Uni
ted States would lose at least $77,-
000,000 In coffee duties. Nor Is there
any doubt, according to leading cos
fee brokers, that coffee would ad
vance live cents a pound as soon as
the flve-cent duty was imposed there
on. Thus the American consumers
would put up the $77,000,000 which
the American government was losing
—and the whole vast sum would fall
into the hands of the coffee specu
lators.
The fact that the “valorized" cof
fee Is held as collateral for money
advanced to the Brazilian govern
ment would not Interfere with Its
quick shipment here, it is pointed out
inasmuch as quick sales at an ad
vanced price are the very things the
valorizes are after, n.v that method
only could the whole gigantic deal
be rapidly liquidated.
"What the valortzers want,” said
a big coffee broker, "is a good cash
price for their product and an Am
erican import duty to boost the price
Is me very thing they want. Tlv
Brazilians are not worrying as to
whether Uncle Sam gets the tariff he
thinks he is going to get. In most
cases Uncle Sam collects his tari:f
from the consumers. This time he
will not get it from anybody.
Mr. C. Arndt, of No. 52 Wall
street, was unable to say yesterday
what the penalty would be or how
tho deal could be stopped if the hold
ers of the coffee as collateral were
to simply ship it, the Brazilian gov
ernment acquiescing. He admitted
that the terms of the alleged contract
under which the bonds were issued
uot be violently restrictive.
J. C. L. Lloyd, of Arbuekle & Co.,
said that he did not see how any
one could stop the shipment of the
coffee to this country. Other coffee
men took the same view.
Those who are urging the duty on
coffee say France imposes a duty of
13 5-8 cents per pound; Italy, 13 US
cent*; Spain, 12 1-4 cents; Austria
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
ACTION AGAINST
AFFIRMED
WASHINGTON—-The supreme court
of the United States affirmed the
decree of the state courts of Texas
In imposing a fine of $1,023,000 on the
Waters-Fierce Oil company of St.
Louis, and ousting It from the state
on the charge of violating the Texas
anti-trust law.
Hungary, 6 3-4 cents; Norway (non
reciprocal), 6 1-6 cents; and recipro
cal, 3 5-8 cents; Greece, 6 1-4 cents;
Germany, 4 1-3 cents; Great Britain
3 cents; Sweden, 1 1-2 cents. nl
Belgium and the Netherlands coffee
enters duty free.
Senor Tulio Larrlnaga, resident
commissioner from Porto Rico, has
been one of the most strenuous advo
cates of an import duty on coffee. He
maintains that it will stimulate the
cultivation of the berry in the insu
lar possessions. Coffee importers
here —many of them —laugh at this
argument.
A DISTINCT DRAWBACK.
She—" Don't you think it will be de
lightful when we all have Hying ma
chines?"
He —“I don't know. Our creditors
will have them, too.” —London Opin
ion.
BABY’S ITCH EASILY CURED
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External Use of Oil of Winter
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Infantile eczema, which has bafflea
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many years at ,ast seems to be cur
able —and curable with great ease.
Results of the last two years indl
cate conclusively that baby's itch,
Infantile eczema and other skin dis
eases of children can be very simply
cured by the application of a com
pound composed of oil of wintergreen,
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Prescription
The Rev. Lewis Steeley, of Weath
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"Our baby boy s little face was so
dreadfully covered with eczema that
blood and vater ran from the sores
nearly all the time. After using 3»*
bottles of I>. D. D. Prescription we
are so happy to tell you he is entirely
cured and the disease has never
broken out again. If this letter is In
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you may publish it,”
If you heve a child which is suf
fering with this terrible Itch, we are
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to give your baby the right kind of
relief We have seen too often how
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tases the itch away at once and how
all the cures seem to be permanent j
we have seen this too often to hesi
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But to get you to know how good It is as well
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You wondor, perhaps, bow we can afford to
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This proposition we make Is not altogether
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How oculd we afford to make such an offer
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UTMEN TO MEET
FOR MISSIONARY
MOVEMENT
Presbyterian Church Pre
paring for Great Conven
tion in Birmingham the
Middle of February.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— The south
will swing into line with the greatest
march of modern times at Birming
ham, Ala., February 16-IS, when the
first general convention of the Lay
man's Missionary Movement of the
Presbyterian church in the United
States will be held.
It is a convention of business men
who are to discuss in a practical way
the problem of the conquest of the
earth for Christ, and who will en
deavor to estimate what proportion
of this work may be undertaken by
the laymen of the different denomina
tions in the south and what share of
expense and effort should be as
sumed by the laymen of the Presby
terian church in the southern states
of America.
The Laymen’s Missionary Move
ment was launched in the city of
New York In November, 1906, and
barely six months later thirty Pres
byterian business men and ministers
met in Birmingham and organized
the first denonimational movemet
as auxiliary to the grand undertaking.
It is therefore eminently fitting that
the first general convention of the
movement on the part of the layirifm
of the Presbyterian church should be
held in the city of Its birth.
The Southeastern Tariff associa
tion has recognized the Importance
of the convention by making a low
rate —virtually one fare plus 25 cents
—from all points in the southern
states, and Birmingham is prepairing
to receive and entertain delegates
and visitors with that hospitality
wihch has made her famous as a con
vention city.
Governor Glenn, of Norih Carolina,
will preside.
The significance of the convention
and its news value is much greater
than Us name would indicate. Lead
ers of the Laymen's Movement in
the United States and Canada, in
eluding J. Campbell White, the Gen
eral Secretary, will be present and
take active part. Business men of
international reputation will make
addresses and notable missionaries
and physicians who have wrestled
with darkness and disease In the
outer lands of earth will narrate then
experiences and add their notes of
inspiration to the occasion. In fact,
will be a gathering of men who
have “done things' and speak and
advise by authority of achievement
me work of the convention will be
advise by authority of achievement,
followed with solicitous interest all
over Christiandom. It is to be an
historical occasion—and it will make
more history.
CHAS. TAFT SAYS
JUDGE LIKES ’POSSUM
Called on Roosevelt and
Said He Wonld Appear
Before Grand Jury Tues
day.
WASHINGTON.—CharIes P. TaP
called on the president Monday. Mr.
Taft said he would go before the
grand jury Tuesday.
"I have been in Augusta with my
brother. He is having a good time
in the south. He really iikes ’pos
sum."
SMILE BUT DIFFERENT.
“Most people neglect their eyes,"
said the medical student.
"Ves,” growled the cynic boarder,
"but few neglect the T.”’—Exchange.
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EKES HEIST
. TILLMAN
WASHINGTON D. C.—The charges
against Senator Tillman by President
Roosevelt in connection with hia
secret service message will not be
considered by the special committee
appointed to inquire into the use of
the secret agent of the government,
inasmuch as a resolution providing
for the investigation was adopted in
advance of the charges against Till
man in connection with Oregon lands.
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CASES ASSIGNED IN
SUPERIOR COURT
• -
Very Full Docket in Judge
Hammond’s Court.
The cases to come up in the su
perior court for the week begining
Monday, Jan. 25th were assigned in
the superior court Monday morning.
Monday.
J. N. Wolfe, Jr., vs. V. and A. Har
rison; Julia A. Futch, Admir. vs. J.
E. James; A. G. Hackett, proprietor
Planter’s Grocery Co. vs. Mrs. W. C.
Davern; James Head vs. City Council
of Augusta; Nettie Daniel vs. Georgia
Railroad Co.; W. B. Cawley vs. Au
gusta Railway and Electric Co.
Tuesday.
Emmie Richards vs. Augusta Rail
way and Electric Co.; James Brooks
vs. Barrett and Doughty; Thomas
Sinclair vs. Southern Express Co.;
Citizen Savings Bank vs. J. A. Frank
lin, et al.; A. J. Little vs. W. J. Town
send; Adam and Steinbugge vs.
Hardwood Lumber Co.
Wednesday.
Star Grocery Co. vs. Jeff Mienter;
Mcllwaine, Knight and Co. Ms. W. H.
Stratton; Fannie Williams vs. Clark
and Co.-; Fannie Williams vs. Bird
and Co.; Rosalie Morris vs. Industrial
Aid Society; J. B. Palmer vs. Augus
ta Railway and Electric Co.
Thursday.
J. F. Riley Foundry and Machine
Works vs. Geo. A. Goodrich, et al.;
H. R. McMillan vs. Julia McMillan;
Shepherd Supply Co. vs. Geo. A.
Goodrich, et al.; Annie Davis vs.
Retta E. Dow, et al.; Wm. E. Bush
vs. Leonard Pninizy; T. C. Crawford,
trustee in bankruptcy for the Augus
ta Debenture Co., Ltd., vs. H. C.
Roney.
Friday.
Sallie H. Norrell vs. W. E. Norrell
et al. S. A. Woodward vs. Vance L
Woodward; E. C. Morris vs. Geo.
Harison; Daniel O'Shea, prop., vs.
J. J. Callahan, Cavea.
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30 GAL. BARREL. OT
W. M, WILSON, Soliciting Agent For Augusta. Ga. .
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1%
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Mi KILLED SELF
ID COLUMBIA HOTEL
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, S. C. —Professor John
Hawkins, a well-known teacher who
has been missing from Ridgeland, S.
C. school, was found dead Monday
morning in a room at the Columbia
hotel with a bullet in his brain, he
committed suicide, and the cause is
unknown.
MR. ROCKEFELLER
WILL ATTEND BANQUET
Has Accepted Invitation
to Sit With Mr. Taft at
Terrace.
_____ “ irrcppipi
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, who Is
stopping at the Bon Air hotel, with
his family and a party of friends,
has accepted an invitation to attend
the Taft bamquet next Wednesday
evening at the Hampton Terrace ho
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The Twentieth Century Croesus
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to respond later in writing. His sec
retary’s call wa3 one of the first to
be received at the Chamber of Com
merce Monday morning.
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