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The President, The Tariff, And The Sugar Gamblers. (Continued from Page One.} from Fifth Avenue palaces to Miami, Florida? Where ^will you find Mr. Laborer’s New York mansion? His Winter resort? His pri¬ vate hunting grounds? His Imperial Yacht? His Palace cars and Tax-free bonds? J. P. Morgan favors the Tariff, and he is now in London, where lie entertains Ambassa¬ dor George Harvey at Morgan’s country man¬ sion. , Elbert Gary favors tlie Tariff, and he vis¬ ited the Pope, a few days ago. Wall Street Senators favor the- Tariff, and a score or more of said 4 * noble Romans” are mixing with fhe Big Dogs of High Society in London and Paris.* John D. Rockefeller & Son favor the Pro¬ tective System, although the Young Robber re¬ fused to pay tariff duty on million dollar tapes¬ tries, purchased, last month, in Europe and shipped to the United States. For more than a century, the Tree of Pro¬ tection lias sheltered the Malefactors of Great Wealth. The immense wealth of the Rockefel ler-Morgan-Gary elan is proof enough that the tree turned out rich fruit. But, who. gathered that fruit? What share did the “Protected” Laborer receive? The Sugar Barons favor the Tariff. The Childrens Bureau at Washington City lias recently announced that wage standards in sugar beet fields force mothers to fasten their fi-year old tots to baskets, while they toil for the Sugar Barons; the reports say that moth¬ ers work long hours in the fields, in addition'to their domestic duties; among the laborers fami lies nine out of ten mothers having children under six vears of age, work in the fields of the Sugar Barons; laborers report their entire family’s earnings less than ‘the father alone was accustomed to earn in an equal period of time at other work. That is tin' “protected” laborer’s side of Jhc sugar controversy. Wliat do we find in the case of the Sugar Barons? The "protected’’ manufacturer's earnings for 1922 range all the way from 300 to 3,000 ner cent tax-free, .stock dividends. . The present high tariff on sugar is defend¬ ed on the ground that it protects American la¬ bor, but this industry, according to Senator David I. Walsh, employs the cheapest labor in America. The following letter from the U. S. Sugar Association speaks for itself: “In Hawaii over 95 per cent of the labor in the sugar industry consists of Japanese, Chinese, and Phillipine immigrants, and Mawaiin sugar interests are now endeav¬ oring before Congress to obtain spbeial leg¬ islation to allow them to import- Chinese Coolies to ■ relieve the preponderance of Japanese influence on the islands. They ‘prefer the Chinese to any other nationality principally because they will work for less, ■ and their present labor elements are not satisfied with the' present wages paid in ’ . proportion to the sugar companies profit. Japanese, Mexican peons, and some Hin¬ doos constitute the labor in the domestic beet industry of California. 1 Mexicans', Japanese, Russian-Germans, and children prevail in Utah, Idaho, and Colorado. Russian-Germans and the surplus foreign labor supply of the larger cities comprises the labor employed in the rest of the states. This class is usually rounded up and con¬ tracted for by agents of the factory and furnished to a farmer upon the basis of so much per acre of beets. They afe the ” cheapest kind and class of labor that can be secured.” And I pray you, Mr. Protected Laborer, to cite me to your Mansions, Stock Dividends, Government, Bonds, and other non-taxa'ble Wealth. Was it your wife who bedecked her ball-room with $1,500 flowers and crowned her¬ self with Marie Antoinette diamonds? Was it your daughter that bought the European Prince in the matrimonial market? Was it you who hired detectives to shoot down the poor Car riegies and Fricks at Homestead? Was it you who let 1,400 Havemeyers beg for bread in Hocking Valley—the very cradle of the |Pro- 1 tective System? Answer these questions, and you will then begin to realize who it is that protection pro¬ tects. J. ,T. BROWN IS IN A HOLE AND HE CAN’T SCRATCH OUT. Dear Editor: i am enclosing a club of subs to The Sentinel, am also enclosing check to cover same. I want to thank you in advance for starting them in on your mailing list promptly. Will also ask you to please mail me one of Senator Watson's photos if you have any on hand. I want to> say that we are more tliau pleased with the way you arecarrying on the l*te Senator Watson's work. We don’t believe there is another man that can fill his place and carry on his unfinished work as near to perfection ns you can. We are glad to see you going after J. J. Brown and other rotten office holders and office seekers. Yours very truly, Georgia. C, V. WINN. Even Queens have ordinary troubles; the lady at the head of Italy has just been robbed of six hats and some plumes. THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON, GEORGIA. Charging Hotel Bills To Sol Beeswax And Wife . Little did I believe Commissioner Brown and Representative Kittrell capable of filching your tax money bv charging hotel bills to Sol ’ be it from to Beeswax & Wife. And far me insinuate that they actually paid Kittrell’s ho¬ tel bill with the State’s money. My point is: Mr. Brown approved a requisition, drawn certain on the Governor for a warrant covering debts incurred by the Port& Harbor Commis¬ sion (another rat hole), and said requisition, among other items, contains the name of Rep¬ resentative C. II. Kittrell, of Laurens County, debtQr to Kimball House for 53 days board. The requisition is as follows: Use these blanks for all maintenance. 'REQUISITION BLANK. Government. Departments of State Atlanta, Qa., Sept. 2, 1922. Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor: Please issub warrants for the Department of Market Bureau, Port & Harbor Terminals, to be used for salaries and expenses for the month of August, 1922 as per itemized state¬ ment hertwrth: Kimball House Expenses for F. W. Cowie, 10 days $40.40 C. H. Kittrell, Rep. Laurens Co., 53 days Kimball 90.84 Miss Mvtle White, Seety. 50.00 TOTAL $181.24 J. J. BROWN, Cornr of Agr. APPROVED: .........................Governor. Requisitions must be filed in duplicate. The following letter from Hon. T , S. _ „ Me u. Lend oil, Secretary of State, explains nothing, The Sentinel publishes it because Mr. don sent it to us for publication. \\ h> Kittrell lie \ o unteers this “defense” of Brown and is not for me to explain. parties—Brown It seems to and me though that the interested Kittrell—should have signed their names to Mr. McLendon’s letter. Editor Columbia Sentinel, Thomson, Ga. In your issue of April 2nd, in column 1, on the front page, you say “Mr. Brown charged his man Kittrell’s hotel bill to the State of Georgia, and that act involves Mr. Brown’s im¬ official life and he will be lucky to escape peachment, ’ ’ have I do not know what facts you to sup¬ port this statement that Mr. Brown charged of his man Kittrell’s hotel bill to the state Georgia. I suppose you refer to a bill which Dr. Kittrell made for room rent at the Kimball House last summer, and which bill Dr. Kittrell directed the Kimball House management to ^end'to the Secretary of the Harbor Commis¬ sion. As to this bill, Mr. Browif, so far as I know, had nothing in the world to do with if. except that he declined to pay it. You understand, of course, that the ex¬ penses of the Harbor Commission ,were to be paid out of the appropriation made to the Bu¬ reau of Markets, and that this appropriation had to bo handled through the Department of Agriculture. All bills of every character made by the Harbor Commission were, therefore, pre¬ sented to the secretary, Miss Myrtle White, were approved by me as president of the Har¬ bor Commission, and on this, the issued bis warrant, and, in that form, it went to the Commissioner of Agriculture, as it could only be paid through his action, either, in ap¬ proving tie bill, or disapproving it, and he did not approve Kittrell’s bill. Miss Myrtle White received the bill from the Kimball House, sent it to Dr. Kittrell for his approval, he approved it, and so it passed on. I approved it, just as 1 had approved sev¬ eral other bills presented by Dr. Kittrell, for instance, the expenses of a trip to Savannah, expenses for a trip lo Brunswick, expenses covering several trips to Atlanta to attend meetings of the Harbor Commission, his ex¬ penses to Montreal, a trip which he made by direction of the Harbor Commission. All these bills I approved as preski ent of the Harbor Commission, and I also apf> roved the hotel bill, as it had been approved by Dr. Kittrell. I asked no questions about any other of the bills mentioned above. s. g. McLendon, i i . . r • v Secretary of State. ' Mr. McLendon admits that Dr. Kittrell ap¬ proved this Kimball House hotel bill for his, Kittrell’s 53 days board and lodging; there is no denial that Kittrell lived at the Kimball during that session of the General Assembly; and Mr. McLendon’s letter states that lie 1 t asked no questions” but approved it because it came to him bearing Dr. Kittrell’s approval Mr. McLendon is utterly wrong in his state¬ ment that the bill .went from his office to Gov¬ ernor Hardwick, thence to Commissioner Brown. Th e requisition bearing Mr. Brown’s signature shows on rts face that, this document went from Brown’s office to Governor Hard¬ wick and not from Governor Hardwick to Com¬ missioner Brpwn, as stated by Mr. McLendon. Equally erroneous is Mr. McLendon’s asser¬ tion that Mr. Brown “declined to pay it,” and the same is true of his statement that “the Governor issued his warrant, and, in this form, it went to the Commissioner, of Agriculture, as (Continued on Page Four.) Letters From The People. THE FIRST OF THE OLD GUARD TO ANSWER THE CALL. Dear Sentinel: I have just read your article in last week’s Sentinel. I am enclosing check for $5.00. Call on the boys to do likewise. We must keep The Sentinel going a; long as Mrs. Lytle and Mr. Edmondson are spared to hold down the job. Georgia. F. W. TOOTLE. THE LATE SENATOR WATSON WAS LIKE GLAD¬ Dear Editors: STONE. Aui HE THINKS. well pleased with your man¬ agement of the little paper; you ha-e leld it square to the principles since the Chief left us. How 1 did hate to give him up, It seemed the country could not spare him at this time. He was to this country like Gladstone was to England, but his work will live even If he is gone. * May (he work of The Sentinel prosper in your hands. Your friend for right and justice, Florida. W. J. HALL. NOTHING SOUND ABOUT JOSEPHINE. Dear Editor: T have read your writings in re¬ gard to the Department Qf Agriculture and Josephine Brown and Andy Soule, with a great deal of pleasure. 1 have reached the opinion that the Department should be abolished. 1 can't for the life of me, see how it benefits the farmers, and to think that 350 thou¬ sand doliurs of our tax money goes into that rat-hole makes me sick. Do you reckon there is a sound spot in the whole outfit? I now understand why the daily papers never tell u * the Inside operations of those Atlanta political in chines, since you published the statement that report¬ ers draw $75 a month of our money to boost the High- 1 w *y gang and the Brown-Soule crowd. That grave-yard scheme hatched by J. J. Brown is altogether the most infamous thing 1 ever heard tel! of. My God. to think that Brown would stoop to such .tactics in view of ail that Tom Watson did to make him Commissioner of Agriculture. 7 he people are with you. and those rascals can't destroy the only truthful newspaper in Georgia. Em osed find five new names. Get The Sentinel ;o boys, and there will be an honest-to-goodness house¬ cleaning , pretty soon. Georgia. w. c. WILLIAMS. great i w; The Be& Known Shoe Store in Two States, Georgia and South Carolina. Our motto has always been, “A Square Deal for for Everybody.” We always endeavor to give full value the money. Of course if you buy a shoe too cheap, you cannot expect very much from it. Our trade is so varied, that we have to sell all kinds. Now, we can say with confidence that we can FILL YOUR WANTS FOR SHOES AND HATS. We want your trade, we want to do business with you. Send us your orders to be forwarded by Parcel Post, and if you are not satisfied, return merchandise and we will return your money. Now in ordering Shoes, tell us if you want a work shoe or a dress shoe, if for a man, woman, boy or girl. If you do not know the size, stand on a piece of paper and cut the paper the length of the foot, we know about what to allow. Give us some idea about what quality and what price, what color, black or brown. ( If we cannot satisfy you, we will return your money. Give us a trial. We will give you right prices and feel confident we can please you. No harm done if we don’t. Just write to i The Great Eastern Shoe Co., R. G. TARVER, Manager. UNDERTAKERS TO HIGH PRICES. 915 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. 3 THIS SPLENDID LETTER HELPED WONDERFULLY. Dear Editor: f must write to congratulate you. I am all .over for the woman, 1 had a good wife as ever was born, mother not excelled, I am proud to know you own The Sentinel, 'and glad you aud your editor and yourself are giving us a paper so near Thomas,E. Watson's line Of Ideas, but you will pardon me when 1 say there Is ndt anothei man now on earth that can i qua! Tom Watson. way.” Some have but said his to princi¬ me, "Well Watson is out of the Yes, ples v, ill live forever. Of all the men 1 ever knew I loved Watson above them all, and while I live.i'll mourn his loss, and read The Sentinel if I can raise the price. I send every paper on the way that the good may be carried on. 1 have taken Watson's magazine and The Jeffersonian for years, Only for the K. C..'s and the spineless Protestants we would have Watson with us. What this great good man passed through broke his constitution, but not his spirit. Never will; one with his ability be with the people again. This is saying, perhaps, too much. I am my own Judge. I hope yog will live many, many-years and suc¬ ceed in publishing this grand, good little paper. I won’t be one of your readers much longer. I'll stay by you until the call. January 1st, 1887, I first breathed this air. As I loved Watson, permit me to say, I love Alice Louise. WINERMAN. Illinois. PARKER THIS IS A SPLENDID IDEA FROM ONE OF Oiq AGENTS. Dear Editor: As one of The Columbia Sentinel's agents 1 want to say the paper is -owing up to mv expectations and Pm going to try and get some clubs ■ for the paper. Mr. Watson a death was such a shock to me 1 wish every subscriber would pledge at. least one club for we must not let the paper go down, for there is only one paper in Georgia that will give the under dog side of .every question. You may look for some more clubs from me. Yours truly. Georgia. HULL ANDERSON. From shirt sleeves to snobbery is a very easy reach, in the United States since the World War.
