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' ' ?'v4 V ; ' : - A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. " ' - -' r C J vol. i. ' !s:WBi WASHINGTON IMERi From our Kegular Corresiwndenit.; ;t Washington, D. C. - April 10. The passage of the Payne tariff bill by the House and trie1 introdabtibb of the Senate amended . bill marks a distinct progress .toward the .day I when the bill will finally reach the president, and yet it is impossible at present to form any . yery clear idea as to the final provisions, es pecially as to hides,- lumber, barley, oil, etc., or what measures may be adopted in addition to the regular schedules for increasing the rev enue. ' One thing however, - has been' made very apparent, in the speeches delivered in the House viz : that the much heralded sentiment for downward tariff revision was, after all, very limited, and confined to onlv a few malcontents. The Ways and Means Committee endeavored very honestly to meet to a certain degree this sentiment with the result that there has come a cry from all over the country aearnst the reiuo- tions which the Payne bill original ly carried. Quite significant to all has been the fact that this Ty for increased protection has come from the Free i rade South not oDly from certain Republicans both in and outof Congress, but from many Democrat. For instance, Mr. Clark, from Florida, the Secretary of the Democratic Congressional Committee, asserted, most emphatic ally that if the bill carried sufficient protection for the cottcn of his State he would vote for it no mat ter what else it contained: that he was tired of Bryanism and that h wanted to see his State and the en tire South keep step with the pro gress of the North. a very sign mean i speecn was aj- r. i r '" i L 1 so maae xv .ur. nsmuau, iu Washington, during the debate up on the Rule providing for the final wte ot the bill in the House. Mr. Cushman declared that although the bill cut in half the duty on lumber and took out. the entire duty on coal two of the principal products of his State, he would nevertheless vote for it because his Republicanism's a little deeper than his selfishness addiug that iu his mind above and beyond the local interests of his own District there arose, the welfare of the entire ninety millions of the people in this nation. This senti ment of Mr. ( Bushman voiced the sentiment of the great maiority of the Republicans, who were joined by several Democrats in hastening the passage of the bill. It was felt that the interests of the entire coun try so over-shadowed the interests of any State or any individual that the bill should be sent to the Senate as soon as poosible. It is difficult to predict how soon the bill will pass the Senate there may be, only a reasonably short debate, or the debate may be drawn out for weeks. In the meantime it is gratifying Ito uote that the monthly deficit is wing smaller, and it is probable that duriner the closiner months' of tk e fiscal year there wilfbe a surplus, akinj; the total deficit for the year ... ii urn -mailer than seemed possible fmi; wK-ks ago. President Taft is continuing his dminitration in the way" it was egun, calmly and judicially mak- nS aPPointmpnts. harmonizine- dil- rent' interests and particularly at- to his own department of e government. 1 1 is true that he ; noluintr almost fi -i ftnnnRPl with pe leaders of c.r nA ;Q ;fol interested in the outcome of the pin debate, but t fin i . is be- no coercoin S useci, and it can be said that Pe President , or-! an advisor, all of which tends U 1 1- t K r .111 . M 1 in KJ. -KM , rfa complete harmony. This ctill mnro in ton cnfiort "ci man, who. though he is now Km. .Ll:. r - r'CMuine officer ot the Senate, pnot lost in tAm nc u:a ' I ftbe House, and during the three German can be found day af-I u,l over in thp Hmisp pnd of r vaoitnl o,i : 1 I t " J uuu 1JJ LxliXLM J 3 tending to party harmonv and supremacy. It is predicted Tffi g PROTECTION v The following brief extracts Trom the very significant speech of Con gressman C. yBascom : Slemp, Vir ginia, show that the,. South, though voting for Bryan and i ree 1 rade are crying out" universally for pro tection: . ? " ? ; "The .value of the policy of pro tection to domestic industry in all its forms was demonstrated in the South at the beginning of our his tory as a Nation, and its value dur- lng the past three decades, and especially to-day, I shall proceed presently to show. A protective tariff wa3 beneficial in the days of Washington, of Adams, of Jefferson, of Madison, Monroe, Jackson, and Taylor. It has been beneficial un der all Republican Presidents and they have all been protectionists from Abraham Lincoln to William H. Taft. (Applause.) SOUTH RETURNING TO PROTECTION, The full relization of the truth 6f this reflection is gradually dawn ing upon, the progressive people of the South. Traditions of the olden time still linger, and prejudices be- gotton ol suffering and loss are dimcult to remove, .out tney are steadily wearing out and are being forgotten. And already it is grow ing clear to people of the South that. it turning from the bitter memories of the past generation and adopting the approved economic principles or today they are in reality only get ting back to the safe and beaten highway which their immediate fa thers had left, but which their grandfathers and great-grandfathers had trodden. The sound and suc cessful economic pnciple of this n ern nour ar; precisely tno&e oi the founders and builders of the Republic, as I have sEowri, and in following these we are simply avail iug of the heritage established and bequeathed to us and to our child ren's children from the beginning f our National Government. V tit Coincidental ly with this develop ment, and as a most logical conclus ion therefrom, has been a change in the attitude of the South toward protective principles. It realizes that it needs their application to its situation in order to cive it the further industrial development which that policy has eriven the North and West. This is best ex emplified by the statements of South ern men in the heariugs before the Wavs and Means Committee. No Democratic legal doctrinaires ap peared before the committee ad vis- iner that protection as a policy was unconstitutional.-. Can it be possi ble that constitutional theory has yielded to candid reflections on the gradual enrichment of the South, in which each and all participate? "No soon was the result of the recent Presidentilfilection announ ced than Southern lumber interests cotton interests, citrus interests, to bacco and peanut interests, barytes mica, tannin, coal, and iron interests became active. 'Boards of trade, business men's organizations, cham- bers of sommerce, fruit -growers and cotton growers associations, lumberman's clubs, and similar commercial bodies met and protest ed against lowering of the tariff, and many asked for higher duties My sympathy is with every onp of I Jl J i. A. I i. I I U tnese interest mat uave maue suuii appeals, and I do not care to make many refinements of thought as to distinctions between a competetive rand prohibitive protective tariff when the life .and existence of an American industry is at stake. - m "I will insert at the end ot my remarks extracts from the hearings f.h committee on Ways and Means: also letters, resolutions, and so forth, showing: a general demand I.. . i'l c A i. n If tnronernout tne ooutn ioruruieuuuu - 'that Mr. Shermaii will become the we have ever had, and will , not be a mere herurehead. but will be a con- 1 J C7V 1. 1 AJ a I VI XV Ul T CLOU IliJAt uuvy vx tween the executive, and both tween the executive, and both J x V isconsin reiuses to turn its oacK i was very Buon - auu piu; w Houses of Congress. . "I upon the brand thatmade it famous; lure. 'K.-js?-J-. s'r - J IR. M. V. RICHARDS A VISITOR IN THE CITY. Delivers an Interesting Address to the Chamber of ' Commerce and the Pubhc On last Friday night in the Ma sonic Hall, Mr. M. . ,V. Richards, Land and 'Industrial ''' agent of the Southern Railway, addressed the Chamber of Commerce. After a few words of greeting he entered upon a discussion of the duty and great mission which lies in the grasp of the Chamber of Commerce. He expressed himself as being glad he lived in the South and while he did not hold any prejudice -against any other part of the United States or any oter nation, the great truth was taught that man should be satis fied in whatever nlace nature has placed him and that it is the man who does something in the world regardless of his surroundings, who wins in the end. He demonstrated plainly to the people that Burling ton is situated in a climate unsur passed, and that the resources a round Burlington if properly devel oped, are equal to that of any sec- tion, that the opportunities are as good as that of any other town. He further demonstrated that the duty of the Chamber of Commerce was to develop the material and resources of the -South. In the manufacture of cotton goods, steel etc., he showed how the North is ahead of the bouth, but al so showed the rapid progress of the South, and, if this rapid progress continues iu the future as it has in the past, the day is not far distant when the people of the South, and right here in Burlington will be the great commercial centre oi . the vorld. This great work can not be done by one member' of the Cnam- ber of Commerce, but is the Wurkt of -the entire citizenship of Burling ton. In enumerating the rapid growth of our town which only a few years ago had but 1500 inhabitants, and now has perhaps 7 thousand, it was plainly seen how much more rapid ly we can push forward if we are willing to strive toward , that end. If the hills and valleys which sur round our town uncultivated, wer supplied with tenant houses, and if the entire county and state was cul tivated, how quickly our town and neighboring towns would spring up and flourish. So we see the town is dependant upon the county and that it is the duty of every person living in the town to try not only to build lip the town but the county also. So let us help our neighbors and by doing so we will help ourselves. The 46 miles of macadamised roads which are to. be built Jn the near future is one step, and the ma- cadamizing of our streets and laying of our sidewalks will be the next step forward in our industrial pro- giess. A strong and encouraging plea was made for the ladies to organize a Civic Club, which the Dispatch has been advocating from week to week. If thedies can only be ud iced to take up this organization how much the tidiness and sanitary conditions of the city would be irfl- w proved. If the men of our town are'' willing to organize and carry on the Chamber of Commerce, we do think the ladies should be inspired that they can do even a greater wor by the organization of a Civic Club. In carrying: on the work of 0 w w the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Richards brought belore the. minds of the people the great need of get ting the ministers to attend and have the commercial world and the spiritual world join hand in hand as the commercial world must be governed by the divine. After the conclusion of Mr. Rich ard's speech a few brief and en couraging remarks were made by several other gentlemen, anl the on ly regret was that there, were not more of our Burlington people out to receive this treat. - j SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOMON Being the Confession of the Sev enth' Hundred Wife- Transla ted by Helen Rowland. Washington Herald. - . ' Thou hast come to me, -my daughter, crying out, " When shall I marry? Yea, when doth the hour arrive wherein it is well for a girl to settle down even upon a man, that he shall support her?" " And I say unto thee that it is never well, but it is sometimes wise! , . Yet, I charge thee, if thou wouldst be happy, wed not in May, for this is the month, of bad luck; neither in April, for this is the mouth of tears: Neither in June, for this is the month of folly, when in her imagi-: nation a woman clotheth a bear with grace, and a hippopotamus with beauty, and idealizeth any calf I that cneth "Ma-a-Ma-a! unto her. Neither marry in July, nor Au gust, nor September, nor October, norNovember nor December, ucr any other month if thou wouldst not be disappointed. Wed not when thou art under twenty-five, for thy choice shall be unwise, and thou shall spend the rest of thy days in double harness with the wrong mate. Nor when thou art over twenty-five, for then thou shalt have no choice, but shalt become gladly either a young man's bank account or ah old man's nurse. Wed notsa red-headed man when he proposeth, for thou shalt find that his temper matcheth his hair, and the firey locks of ' the father shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth genera tions. ' Neither wed a dark man, for thou shalt find his disposition of the same gloomy hue; and a bilious complexion showeth a bilious tem perament Yet, marry not a light man, lest-his character be lighter still, for a golden butterfly which flieth from flower to flower, is not an ideal mainstay. Yet, : if thou must marry, I charge thee marry when thou get- test a erood chance. And if thou gettest not a good chance, take any chance thou gettest; for whenever a woman taketh a husband she tak- eth a long chance. . Verily, verily, single hie is a 8ource.of joy, but a husband is a source of supply. And peradven ture it is , better to be supported than to be happy. Selah! Miss Nettie Dailey "At Home." Miss Nettie Dailey was hostess at a most delightful "At Home" Saturday evening from 8:30 to 11, in honor of her sister, Miss Byrde Dailey, and Misses Mann, Howell and Wacldell, of Greensboro Fe male College, who are spending the Easter holidays here. Miss Dailey was assisted in receiving by her sis ter and Miss Nina Holt. Lovely decorations of cut flowers and potted plants prevailed everywhere. The crowd .vsras most charmingly enter tained by the instrumental and vo cal solos of Misses Dailey, Waddell Howell and Rosemond. The invi tation to the dining roomevealed a table laden with the daintiest of delicacies and fruits. In every re spect the reception was one of the most enjoyable social functions of the year. Those present were: .Misses Dai ley, Howell, Mann and Waddell, of Greensboro, Christine Rosemond, of Durham, Blanche Story, Jennie Vaughn, Sallie Cates, Mabel Dam eron, Ella Robertson, Helen Hall, Bertha Cates, Bettie Van Ward, Florine Robertson and Nina Holt, and Messrs. H. W. Baucom, of Wake Forest, Joe Robertson, of A. and M. College, Summie and Chas. Sharpe, Charles Ward, Will Fix, George Summers, V. L. Knotts, H. W. Kueffner, of Durham, T. D. Dupuy, Ernest Holt, J. H. Vernon, Jf, and E. S. W. Eameron. It is-almost time for the ice man to explain that last winters crop was very short and partly a tail- STOLE COAL FROM MOTHER Magistrate, Moved by Pitiful Case of Heed, Dismissed Case Against Boy ' , JNew iork, April iu. J acnes Finley, a boy of 17, was arraigned before Magistrate Crane in the Mor risania court today ' charged with stealing six cents' worth of coal from the railr.ad yards in Mott Ha ven. The widowed mother of the boy said he went after the coal be cause it was cold in their tome. She and her children, she said, were on the verge of starvation. The. magistrate, apparently af fected by the pitiful case of need, discharged the boy, remarking: "Young man, I am going to dis charge you, but? I want to tell you something. If you want to steal, wait until you are president of a railroad. Then you can steal any thing you want and have no fear of punishment. Until then, you must never look at a railroad car, or you might be arrested. ft School Closing:. Oak Hill Graded school closed April. 9, with a public exhibition. Excellent music was furnished by theThomasville brass band. Af ter devotional exercises conducted by Rev. Thos. E. Anderson, an ex cellent programme comprised of recitations, dialogues, and declama tions was well rendered by the pu pils of the school, Although it was a little windy and cool for an out door entertainment, the behavoir and attendance of the large crowd ot close to a thousand people was of a- . the highest order. This showed the interest of the people, and in bis closing remarks, which were brief, but interesting and to the point, the principle expressed an appreciation of that fact. At 11 a. m. Rev. Jos. S. Hiatt, of Winston, delivered the literary address.' He was at his best and spoke in a very forceful and elo quent manner. His remarks were original, thoughtful and interesting. 1 He ciptivated his audience by his strong appeal to the boys and girls of our land to grasp the opportuni ties and be successful. Mr. Hiatt is a born orator and the people of Oak Hill will long for the time when they can give him an opportunity to be with them again. At the close of the afternoon ex ercises which were rendered in a pleasinsr manner, all listened to the very interesting, helpful and en- nonrao-irifr remarks bv Prof. Tho o o I R. Foust. In a brief way he rt viewed some of the advances atd! improvements in the school which reflects much credit upon the citi zens of the district, who insist tnat much credit is due Prof. Foust be cause of the noble way in which he stands by his schools, an I of the great warfare he is waging against iguoranee to raie tie standard of education and to let Guilford con tinue "ne of the banner counties of North Carolina in education. Many expressed regrets that Prof. Foust did not speak longer. All left reel ing that they had spent a pleasant and profitable day. Prof. Paul, principle of the school and Miss Annie Lee Blick deserve much credit for the excellent work which they accomplished during the r- T- 1 1 O J year. toi. . I'aui leaves ounuay for his home in the eastern part ot the state. He carries the best wish es of a host of friends and in bidding him farewell the students and pa rents urged him to come back to teach next year. Just at the close of the exercises all were suprised (but none so much as the teachers), when Prof. D.- P. Clapp asked the attention of the audience while he, in a brief but eloquent speech, presented to the teachers a couple ot nice niorroco bound testaments which the stu dents had purchased secretly to give to their teachers as a token of friend ship and appreciation. " If the tariff debate continues to d rasf, Congress may yet be forced to adopt the English plan of turning - j back, the clock jck; r ' r "V'"- THE SEABOARD'S EARNINGS Reorganization Committee Hears a . r Favorable " Report. ,: New York, April 8. A meetings of the general reorganization ' com mittee of the Seaboard Air Line rail way, of which C. Sydney Shepard is chairman, was held today, at , which the matter of taking the com pany out of the hands of the receiv ers was considered. The commit tee will proceed- with the reorgani zation in a conservative , manner. The earnings of the company are satisfactory to the members of the committee. Attention was called to the fact that for the seven months ended January 31 a surplus of $61, OOO was earned in excess of the fix ed charges which are being paid,:. intereston funded debt and inter est which is in default. These figures compare with a de ficit of $398,000 for the correspond ing period of the previous year, consequently there was an - increase1 this year of $459,000 in the sur-, plus. It was further pointed out that for the first seven months of present fiscal year, the company earned about $856,000 in excess of theHbond interest, which is being paid. " Crowding oat the Simple Life. Philadelphia Record. A few y ears ago the" editor of a Mexican paper exhausted' the re sources of the Spanish language in denunciation of the advent' of, the roller-top desk. Considered by it self this is an innocent piece of furn iture, not likely to do harm to any one who will keep away from it and reasonably safe to handle if one will remember to keep the key in his pocket and not shut the top down ' , on his fingers. But to the Mexican editor the roller-top desk was merely a sym bol of the American, the Yankee; the man who utters the irritating word "hustle" instead of the sooth ing word "manaua." The ' arrival of the roller-top desk meant the ad vent of American capitalists with American business ways and the ex termination of the calm and the re pose with which business affairs are conducted when it is necessary to conduct them at all in the country which is the heir both of the In dian's aversion of labor and the: Spaniard's passion for ease, decor- um and amusement. " Vv'hy do work ? Why have busi ness men ? Why should commer-i cial methods and Yankee hustle al ter the elusive dollar invade that blessed and reposeful spot where nearly half the jear is devoted to fiestas. Farmer and His Wheat. Vain regrets may fill the mindsc of farmers that they sold their wheat last year at a dollar, when now it is worth better than $1.20 the bushel. Those who rail against the "wheat . pit" say that the farmer never gets the benefit of the highest prices for grain. This is hot only true but inevitable. If the farmers had not . sold their wheat last autumn the price then would have been very . much higher than it was. Had they kept their granaries filled until now the price certainly would not have been "where it is today. hen the markets are flooded with grain, prices mut go down. But when it happens, as now. that very little wheat is left in the hands? of the producers up must go the" price. Speculators can do a good deal in making prices for a tempo rary period, but the grand old law . of supply and demand is the only thing that can fix values ultimately. Wheat is high now because the farmers emptied their bins. Idng ago It was inevitably cheaper when they, were marketing it last year -than now, when supplies are nearly ex hausted. Of course, the present small supply helps the operators in . the "wheat pit" to put . up prices,, but even if there .were no specula tors, wheat would rise when there was little to be had and ?faU when I everybody was trying'ftoJ sellJSfi: J 'St-:'' : x . .... ".
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