The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 7, 1904, Page 3

MINISTER SAYS TARIFF ROBS POOR. ' “Protection” Enables Favored Few to Collect Tribute From Those “Least Able to Pay, He Affirms. NEW LIGHT ON OLD SUBJECT. The Reverend J. C. Hogan, of Balti- timore, Asserts That Excessive Taxation Brings Hard Times and Never Benefits Masses Baltimore, Dec. 31 —The Rever nd J.C. Hogan of Emanuel Meeting- House, Eim avenue, discuseed the “Tariff” in a recent sermon, and threw some new light on an uld suh ject. He said: “Legislation which involves justic: and injustice is a moral question, and the tariff is a question of this kind. The prophets are full of de- auociation of unjust taxation, a~ such passages as Isaiah iii, 14, 15, and Isaiah x, 1, 2, will prove. “This subject has occupied a large amount of attention at the national capital and throughout the country the past week, and yet there is prob- ably no subject about which so littl is really known as the tariff. But how can a man be holy or righteous in relation to tariff duties and legis- lation unless he understands the tar iff question. What is the tariff? In this country iu has come to mean a@ tax levied on imported articles. But tariff for 0 called ‘protection’ and tariff for ‘rev- BUTLER, MO. Ge" Ask for the “Sweisak"’ suit. POPSSSSOOETS OOD OOS 5 and 6 per cent Money t0 Loan. Close Loans at once. Abstracts furnished. MILES §. HORN, Attorney at Law, BUTLER, MO, East Side Square. mestitasoranienenenih Special Washington Corre- enue’ are frauds and delusions k Money that is placed in any man’s r spondence. pocket by legislation must come out ‘ea of the pocket of some other person. Washington, D.C.. Jan. 2, 1904 The Hon. Jesse Overstreet, of In- diana, is a member of Congress from that state, is the Secretary of the Rep ablican Congressional Committee and is the chairman of the House Committe on Post Offices and Post Roads. To this committee has been referred the recent report of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gener eral, Bristow, on the grafting and looting in the Post Office Depart: ment. In that report the Fourth Assistant P.M G. inveighs strongly against the game of graft by men in high places in which they have the allowance of some obscure post office increased several hundred dollars a year and then place some favorite in that office to draw as a salary the increased allowance for the office. In now transpires that the Hon. Jesse Overstreet, whose committee has been charged with the work of inspecting Bristuw’s report, and re porting to the House of Representa tives on the same, has been guilty «f exactly the same offense that Bris- tow condemns so earnestly in his re port. He got the allowance of some small post office in the state of In diana increased, and then sent a young lady who had been acting as his secretary to draw the salary thus created by the allowance. It will thus be seen how sincere ix the attempt of the republicans to bring any of the offenders to justice when they place the report of the in- vestigation in the hands of a man who is guilty of the same offense as others developed in the investiga- tion. Until there is a democratic admin- istration the people need not expect anything to come from this investi gation of rottenness in the Post Of- fice Department. Every move on the part of the republicans ie merely a bluff to hoodwink the people of the nation. It is up to the people to Legislation—produces_nothing, but only changes conditions. If we levy a tariff tax upon one class of our people for the benefit of another class, is the country made any richer thereby? It is simply a case of rob- bing Peter to enrich Paul. Tariff on an article makes it ex- pensive to import. This enables American dealers to combine in mo- nopoly, form and charge a higher price. It protects them against competition, and that is the only ‘protection’ there is init. It benefits the monopolist, but at the expense of the working people. It is claimed that the tariff laws enable these men to pay higher wages. It may enable them, but it does not compel them. There is no law to compel them to divide up with their employes, much less wish the general public. Tariff is placed largely upon the neceaseries of life, and finally paid by the consumer. It is merely advanced by the importer, the wholesale and retail merchants. They get it back, and with a profit, too, when the arti- cles is suld to the consumer; and at the same time foreign labor comes into our country free of duty or tariff and consequently we have two or three men for one job, high prices and hard times, except for the legalized monopilists, Tariff for revenue is an unjust sys- tem of taxation, bearing heaviest on the poor; tariff foralleged protection is as an unjust burden and protecte nO one but the favored few, enabling them to levy tribute upon the rest of the people. As William Pitt said: “To levy a direct tax of 7 per cent is & dangerous experiment in a free country, and may incite revolt, but there is a method by which you can tax the last rag from the back and the last bite from the mouth without causing a murmur against high taxes, and that is to tax a great many artieles of daily use and ne- € Si Pp i fl wi ty tiene move in the matter. cessity that the people will pay them Charles Efwards. || 34 se¢hoow.it. Their rambling then will be of hard times, but they 4 CABTORIA. will not know that the hard times ; Bears the "hs Kt You te Mag Bogie are caused by taxation. d —_ REDUCES PURCHASING POWER. “Aud this is the damnable system of ‘protection’ that a lot uf alleged Christians are continually shouting ‘and voting for in this country! This alleged ‘protection’ does notincrease the wages of labor. It does increase Charge Boy With Killing Companion. Carbondale, IIl., December 81.—Ar. dell Crowell and Bruce Ogden, boys about 14 years of age, went hunting reported that his companion had acciden id killed, sr aer . ss Fe. acon he does receive. ‘To borrow an illus- sebseatimeanie Ogden’s death | ‘ration: The higher the tariff, the returned an indictment lower the wages; the higher the of A Story from Philadelphia De- O'Neill, chief of the bureau or ordi- nance, has had his attention called to a dispatch emanating from Phila delphia giving the details ofan alleg- ed plot of anarchists to blow up the big guns of warships of the American navy by tampering with projectiles turned out by the Midvale Steel works, at Nieetown, covered by the explosion of a pro- jectile in the company’s works, which injured several of the workmen, and which it was found had been loaded with a high explosive, O'Niell in the most emphatic manner: The only possible thing, he says, hinged was that, following the explo sion at Ionia island, which resulted shells were sent to the Midvale works to be rebanded, and in the midst of the explosion and loss of life, a load- ed shell wae included in the lot. defective material ever has been re- ceived from the Miavale works The department constantly hasupon the ground an inspector whose duty it is to see that no imperfect shells are sent out. of the navy, Admiral O'Neill said that the possibility of an anarchist plot to tamper with shells designed for navy ordinance was preposterous. Miss Swift Says They Will Haunt tered and bruised in the panic in the experiences to-day, said: the same time as all the others, I suppose. My seat was on the first reached the rear of the auditorium the aisle was choked with people who had fallen I looked down to avoid stepping on them and just as I did 80, my eyes were caught by those of rise. He had large brown eyes and 80 well bred and such a little gentle- man that he fascinated me. allin a second, I know, but as he saw me looking at him he said: ‘Won’t you please, please help- me? Please do.’ but the crowd was too thick and the rush too strong. I seized him under the arms and then I was knocked over him onto my knees in the aisle. I struggled to my feet, but the weight of the crowd was such that I could not turn back and I was carried out fhrough the ‘door. was unquestionable trampled to death and the memory of those eyes The large tears rolled down the young woman’s face as she told the story. «hie signstare is on every box of the genuine Laxative the remedy that cures « cold im ome dag less work, the more workers idle; the more workers idle, the more workers ready to accept lower wages, and the lower wages will be. Hence, the high- er the tariff, the lower the wages. “The lower the tariff, the higher the wages; the ‘ower the duty, the lower the price; the lower the price, the more the people can buy; the more the people can buy, the greater the market demande; the greater the demand, the greater the production; the more the production, the more work; the more work, the more work- ers employed; the more workers em ployed, the leas workers ready to ac- cept lower wages, and the higher wages will be. Hence, the lower the tariff. the higher the wages. “Tariff for ‘protection’ is a fraud anda delusion. To-day itissimplya bounty to the trusts. It is a sham, tshame and arin, If we are tohave » tariff tall it should be used only urainst’ Governments whieh levy neiff ojo or bar out our products from their markets. This is on the rinciple of ‘millions for defease, but ‘tot 1 cent for tribute’ ” A PLOT TO WRECK SHIPS. nied by Admiral O’Neill. Washington, Dec. 31.—Admiral The plot is said to have been dis- The story is denied by Admiral upon which such a dispatch ean be inthe death of several men, some demoralization as a consequence of Admiral] O'Neill insisted that no Under the system of examination A PAIR OF BROWN EYES Her as Loag as She Lives. Chicago, Jan. 1.—Miss Georgia wift, @ society woman who wasbat- anic in tne theater, talking of her “I started up the aisle at about oor near the stage, and when I little boy about seven years of age, ho was lying on the floor unable to ‘a8 80 Deatly dreseed and apparently It wae I stooped to raise him if I could, The little boy his will haunt me while I live.” CUE latitude. pole. in 100 days. Drake. who is 35 years old, is an experienced navigator. Proposes to Establish Colony of New central New York as a philanthropist, has announced plans to take a colony of 1,000 Syracuse, N. Y., people to Montana for the purpose of establishing a town, tically all the poor people of Syracuse, and it is from them that he proposes to select his colonists. He expects every one, however, to have $50 when starting on the trip. He states that he has been | j who went from this section a year ago to Montana, and it is upon their state- ments that he undertakes to found his town. Government land will be the site of the proposed settlement. lege athletes are generally weak, soft- brained creatures. Let us hope, says | & the Chicago Record-Herald, that he will | # not have to discuss the question with more than one ata time. a corps of professors to make explora- tions in the vicinity of Babylon. Pres- ident Harper, says the Washington Post, will remain at home and confine his digging to Mr. Rockefeller, ENGLAND FOLLOWS AMERICA. United States Cavalry Tactics Have Beem Adopted in British Army Maneuvers. Capt. T. Bentley Mott, military attache of the United States embassey at Paris, who witnessed the British military maneuvers, recently concluded in Eng- land, has made the following comments: “The maneuvers were especially ine teresting to us, for we have the same in- herited ideas, ways of thought, and method of doing things as the English, Moreover, our country is of exactly the same character as England for operas tions, particularly of cavalry and artil- lery. Here there are very few places outside the Downs where they could use cavalry, which, consequently, is obliged to confine itself to the roads, as at home. Of course, most of Europe has gotten cavalry ideals from us, and Eneland especially uses our methods, applying them here more closely than one sees on the continent. “The regiments which participated in the maneuvers were largely made up of men who had seen war. They were like hunting dogs which had been shot over, The English maneuvers are an applica- tion on a larger scale than we have had at home, of methods of attack which our officers believe in, and which, on a small seale, have been followed for many years. It is interesting to see that the results of the war in South Africa have led to exactly the same methods as we followed in the Indian campaigns—that is, long lines of skirmishers, one after another, instead of packed masses. “The English soldier strikes me as be- ing very young, but he seems to march well. The noncommissioned officers are a splendid body, who carefully supervise the work of the men under them. “The artillery is not so interesting, for the reason that it is not as up to date as the French artillery.” DOMESTIC PROBLEM SOLVED, German Boys d Men Employed as House Servants in England—Mar- ried Women Cause Grief. Large numbers of German boys and men are finding ready employment in London as “housemaids” and “parlor maids.” They are to some extent soly= ing the domestic servant problem. The men servants draw the same wages, | work twice as hard and don’t want so many concessions as the women of their age—between 19 and 28. They do wash- ing-and~can-turn—their-hands-to_work. for which women are totally unsuited, The bureau which started this enters prise is doing a roaring trade and sev- eral others are being established in com. petition with it. Owing to anomaly in the English law, married women having separate estates cannot be readily made amenable for debt and many have taken advantage of this state of things to run up heavy bills with the costumers, The aggrieved firms have now come bined and discovered a method of pro- cedure under which they can get judg- ment against these women. Hereafter the feminine debtors’ names are to be published in the Official Gazete, which will render them ineligible to attend court. An intimation of this has been sufficient to get a large proportion of the accounts paid, most of the delin- quents being very fashionable women. The total amount due to five promient costumers fs more than $200,000. BRITISH TO SEARCH FOR POLE { Expedition with Six Years’ Proe visions Soon to Sail from London, The London Daily Express says it une derstands that a new north pole ex- pedition is being organized by Capt. Drake, who proposes to build a vessel of barkentine rig, with auxiliary steam power. She will be of 380 tons and will} things equal, prevail inevitably. be provisioned for six years. With &| Strategy is no longer the determin- STANDARD GRAND. SWELL PROFT. ctOW GF 3). CAE. UtSRE WH leave Lone ingfactor. It remains to beseen how | LOCK AND CHAIN STITCH. don in December, 1904, for Vladivostok, and go thence to Point Barrow, Alaska, which he expects to reach in July, 1905, Proceeding easterly to Ford Patrick Capt. Drake hopes to make his first win- ter quarters in Prince Patrick's land and when the summer arrives expects to make with his vessel 86 degrees north Then, with two men and all his dogs, he will make a dash for the He expects to return to the ship of PLAN OF PHILANTHROPIST. York People on Government Land in Montana. John Hazeltine, known throughout Hazeltine has obtained a Hist of prac- In communication with four families “A Reckless Minister. A Wisconsin minister says that cole Surer “Pay Dirt.” Mf The University of Chicago has sent | 4 Post-Dispatch, | breaks out in the near future the | robberies in the United States ix \{aland empire will be, on paper, ata | 1903, with the record for the last disadvantage. first class fig) ting ships, with a total | nunber of persons killed is 991, ant tonnage of 180,000, A equadron is the number of persons wounded L(t getting ready to sail from Bizerta in, The number of \rains held up in 1908 the Mediterranean, compoeed of one | Was thirteen, Laat year there were, battleship, three cruisere and several , twenty-two. There were Six, stage torpedo boats. When these arrive robberiesin 1903, and seven in 1902 the Russians will have a naval force of 26 or 27 good fighters ready for action. j does not exceed a tonnage of 250,- ; 000. The Japanese can mobilize a |! more numerous fleet than that of the | Rossians, but the shipe are not so powerful. ‘bein the mechanical element. The Japanese are natural seamen and are good shots. sea dogs and never won a consider- able success on the ocean. coming to think that the important element of strength in modern land war is the individual soldier. army composed of men of best char- acter and important this element is in sea fight- ing. Minister Squier’s Son Accidentally Kills Havana, Squiers, 20 years old, the oldest son States minister here, accidentally shot himself in the left lung with a target rifle this morning, inflicting a wound from the effects of which he died at half past 11 o’clock. Theac- cident occurred in the stable of the minister’s residence at Marianao Both Mr. and Mrs. Squiers are absent from the city. A Ewa! FARMERS PRES RA SR ODO REROOO 3 RR PPPS | MISSOURI STATE BANK, BUTLER, MISSOURI. it. 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