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A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF- AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICA INDUSTRIES. VOL. I. BURLINGTON. N. C, MAY 12, 1909. NO. 52' V WASHINGTON LETTER, From our Keguiar CoirespondenlJL V.I Washington, May, S.The tariff bill seems to keep pace , with - the thermometer. Just at present ? the weather in Washington -is; -most de lightful, and Senators are,, in no haste to get away, especially 'ttie new members, , who wish to ieli vef their first great speech in favor of what they hav e been preaching in magazines and else where before coming to Congress. A con side able portion, therefore of the pre sent month wid be given up to the so-called set speeches but asv soon the thermometer gets up to eighty or ninety degrees then the real pro gress on the bill will commence. Various predictions ire made as to the date of adjournment running from June 1st, to August 1st, but it is still hoped that the bill will be in the President's hands before the end of the- fiscal year. Although at the close of the debate it may be passed speedily in the Senate, there is yet the Conference Committee to consider, and it is feared that many days if not weeks will be. consumed here. This-Committee will proba bly consist of either fourteen or six teen members seven or eight each of the Committee of Finance of the Committee of Finance of the Senate and of the Ways and Means Com mittee ot the House. W hile much attention is being to the income tax, it is" not .likely that such a feature will be put in the bill at the present session. The maximum and minimum ? features will also be assailed, .but it is" thought that this phase of tariff; making will will find a place in the so-called Payne bill. Formal notice of the intention of the Aruerican Government s to ' ter minate; the commercial ' agreements with a number of other countries made in conformity with section 3 of tkDingley tariff act, has been giv en ty the State Department. This action is based the mere intent ami wish of Congress as! shown by the pending legislation. ! Formal' com mercial agreements under the Din gley act pist with Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Xeitheriands, while informal under standings, the bases of which are presidential proclamations have been entered into with Switzerland and Bulgaria, The importations from abroad continue to increase large amounts of manufactures' materials coming in the March value being sixty eight mi' lion dollars. As tpere has been a considerable decline in tbe prices of such articles, the amount imported during Marc'1, lyOl, represents nearly or quite twice as great a quantity as the for ty milliuu dollars worth imported.in March, 1908. This, of course means increased activity in manu facturing circles, and there is still the most optimistic felling in all business centers that a pronounced improvement will be seen as soon as the tarin bill becomes a law. . This seeling is further accentuated by the aggregate value" of building permits delivered by the municipal authori ties during the month of March, 19u9( jn ninety-five cities in the United States, which shows a total of over 80,000,000, representing a 46 per cent increase o,Ter the Feb ruary total and an 82 per cent in- over the March figures ot . a year ago. . President is gradually mak lns -hantjos in various offices, both at.meand abroad, and his ap Piutment.s still meet with the ut mot satisfaction. While taking the alVice ot Senntnrs nnrl Rpnrpspnfn. bve Mr t.,v ;i - em- to him to be, the best in every case. While the 1 t shows in every appoint 1 very act that he proposes 1 President of the whole LiOut rpjrnrd to rartr and nv.m Rier. t U lly 'uJUt - -s i - j i gard to section, still he it eirmhntip. that hp. is n Ke 1 UJl'-'au and proposes to build the i ..... r r . . ! 1'uoiican party in every This CSted hy e interest he hf,s ta- election ln JVjrgmia and the" elec tion in, other States, where he pro poses to have members of his Cabi net go and preach sound Republi canism -not, so much in the hope of bverturing the present Democra tic" majorities," 'as for the purpose of building - up a strongs . Republican party, ancj making the best showing possible. iWhile there is a -considerable djf fererice'of opinion "among the leaders ot he party in both Senate and House as to certain schedules and features of the new tariff bill, still there is a feeling tha "there will be no serious breaks in the party, as ,has beeu the case in the democratic party, ana those Democrats who are predicting a victory next year in the Congres sional election are simply making empty guesses and electing their majority as they usually do a year betore the election, while the elec- tioEL-itself will show a very different result. Republicans on the inside who kuow what they are talking about do not hesitate to predict that the Republican majority in the next House of Represenatives . will be much larger than the present House. Of course it is conceded that " the state of business and industry dur ing the next year will have a large bearing upon the result, but it is believed that the new tarriff law will be most generally accpted as satis factory and that a most emphatic revival of business will follow its enactment. - There is no fear that the Republicans will lose ground, but on the contrary will increase their party membership in air, se c tions of the country. SAYINGS OF MRS. SOLOM Reins the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife Translated Helen Rowland. Washington Herald. Verily, verily, my daugh er, whv should any woman seek to be a man's soul-mat1, even his affinity, which' is a side-dish and an amuse ment? Lo! what glory dost thou consider it to flirt with a married man? For this is taking candy from a babe! Yea, it is too easy! Yet, what shall thou do, wheu thou discovered the identity of thy husband's affinity, whether it be a red-headed widow or the blond ac ross the street? For if thou revilest her, she shall rejoice in thy confusion and. mock three, with her ha-has. But if thou invitest her to dinner, she shall wink and smile pnvily, saying. "Is she foolish or is this mere bravado?" If thou eatest thy heart out in si lence, thou shall court worry wrin kles and nervous dyspepsia; but if thou flirtest with another thou shalt give thy spouse a good excuse. Yet, there is a way! For, I say unto thee, anffinity is only achance, but a wife is a steady diet which hath become tiresome. Therefore, get. thee into the country for a long visit and make the ways of the affinity easy. Lo! make thy self the change and let the affinity become the constant diet. Yea, stuff her down his throat! ' And behold, he shall grow faint with satiety and shall long ior thee as pne longeth tor roast beef and po tatoes after too much lobster and champagne. Go to! Many a wife's jealousy of her husband is mixed with a strange wonder that any woman should waste her time upon him. For she that stealeth a married man's heart, stealeth trash! But she that winneth a seasoned bache lor ia clever; for this requireth sleight-of-hand.. Then give the affinity the fruit of her labors, which is nothing but seconds, even the left-overs! Yea, let her rejoicef..is canned emo tions and evaporated sentiments and console herself with warmed-over love! For she is welcome! Salah! Miss Gracie Montgomery spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at tending the Friendship exhibition and visiting friends in that heigh- borh ood ; K - . ,:.'; HIGHWAY COMMISSION DEITNDSJT8 ACTION Considers Article: in Graham Trib une unfair to the Commission. We notice an article in the 4ast issue of the Graham Tribune which we consider unfair to the Highway Commission of Alamance County, and misleading to the citizens of Alamance County. This" article censured the Highway Commission for not finally awarding the contract for the building f the ' bridges to the Eureka Building Blosk ; Co. of Burlington, N. C, and accused the Commission of not doing this just because our County men did not have quite as much money as some one else. After reading this article we con sulted with the Treasurer of the Highway Commission, and we . find the following to be the facts in the case: At a recent Meeting of the High way Commission, the matter of bids for concrete bridges and macadamiz ing roads was opened. The Eureka Building Block Co., being the low ed bidder for the concrete bridges, were awarded the contract, provid ed they would comply with the terms and conditions as set forth in the specifications and . contract. , The contract was signe? by the High way, Commission with the Eureka Building Block Co on- April Sth, and the Commission expressly stat edA that the successful bidder was to furnish the Highway Commission with a, satisfactory Bond iu a good Bunding Company within five days after the, signing of the contract, or at any time which might.be mutual ly agreed upon " between, the , qpn tracting parties and' the" Highway Commission. . We find that, - as above stated, the contract was sign ed by the Eureka Building Block Co., on April 6lh; and that the Treasurer of the Highway Commis sion wrote the Eureka- Building Block. Co. on the 16th of April, af ter giving them ten, days instead of five days, as per agreement, to get up their Bond, aud this letter read as follows: "In regard to your bid for the concrete bridges oh our road work, we beg to state tat the specifica tions state that within five days af ter contract is signed you are to fur nish us with a satisfactory Bond for the faithful performance of this work. While it is not the sence of the Commission to be in any way un reasonable about this, still,- we must ask that you hrry up and get this Bond in shape. Please let me know by return mail when I may expect the Bond to be duly signed, as per form provided in the back of contract and oblige," Yours truly, (Signed) Jas. N. Williamson, Jr. y Treas. In reply to this letter, the Trea surer states that he received a 'phone message from the Insurauce Agent respecting the Eureka- Building Block Co. in negotiation for the Bond, in which he stated that he was at work on the Bond, and hop ed to have the same shaped up very shortly, and the Treasurer replied that it would be all right provided they rushed "the same through as soon as possible. There was noth ing heard from the Eureka Building Block Co. for several days afterward and when they whote, thev stated it would be an impossibility for them to give a Bonding Company, but they would give a personal Bond In answer to this, on the 27th of April the Treasurer wrote them, af ter consulting with other Members of the Highway Commission that the Commission wuud not accept a personal Bond, but would give them until Thursday noon to get up a satisfactory Boud iu a good Bond ing Co. As the Eureka Building Block Co. did not furnish this Bond the matter was not taken up until the last Meeting "of . the Highway Com mission, which met in ; Graham on Monday May" ' 3rd. At this Meeting, Mr David A. White, Sec. of the . H ighway .Commission, got up and favored -'accepting the per sonal Bond, and while the matter was .not. put to a vote, it seemed that the majority of the Commission was not opposed to receiving a personal Bond from anyone. . ? W hen tbe Commission met, there was no one to represent the Eureka Building Block Com'pany,- so the Chairman appointed one Member of the Commission to go out and look up some Member of ' the Eureka Building Block Co., and after send ing for them, Mr. A. B. Nicholson and Mr. Sam Johnson appeared be fore the. Commission, suggested that while the Commission . was opposed to receiving the personal Bond that possibly the Eureka Building Block Co. might get its personal Bonds men to indemnify a Bonding Com pany and . let the Bonding Company in turn issue a Bond to the High way Commission, . for the faithful performance of the work by -the Eureka Building Block Co. To this. Mr. Nichol son replied that he had returned his machinery, and cancelled his contract for Cement, and while he did not say so in so many words, he intimated that he would just as soofi or a little rather give up the contract than to perform it; and we understand that Mr. John son, Secretary of the Eureka Build ing Block Co., stated to one of the surveyors that they had made a mis take in figuring the cost of the shapes neccessary for this concrete work. N According to the terms of the proposal and the contract and agree ment, the Eureka-Building Block Co. forfeited their $2,000.00 check, which they placed with their bid for good faith, therefore this. $2,000.00 really belonged to the Highway Commission, feeling that they want ed to be fair to all parties concern ed took a vote as' to whether pr not they should return the Eureka ;Building Block Co.'s check for $2, t)00.00 to. ihern,;. and by. a: unanim ous vote it was agreed that this cer tified check should be returned to the parties. It was certainly the purpose of the Commission to treat the Eureka Building Block Co. fairly in this matter, in every detail, and we feel that both Mr. A. B. Nicholson. and Mr. Sara Tohnson will agree that they were treated absolutely fairly and justly in the matter, and we submit the above to the citizens of the County 'to know whether or not in their opinion the Highway Com mission f - Alamance Cor'nty - has treated its fellow citizens in an hono rable and correct manner. " ; No Ends of Laws. Buffalo Express. ' Someone with nothing better to do has l"eu counting up the num ber of new laws which the legisla tures of the various states of "the Union enacted in the jear of 1907. v We presume' that year was chosen as the latest for .which exact figures could be readilv obtained and prob ably not because it was an exceptio nal year in any respect,. This man has found that in that year these legislatures euacted 16,064 laws, in cluding resolutions. The resolu tions were probably comparatively few. This number does not take into consideration anythiug that Congress may have done in the way of new laws; it is all state legisla lation. And is it not appalling when one stops to think about it? What a waste of time it involves! What a uselesoness of effort! For surely it cannot; be possible that the people of these states were in actual need of and sucn number of new enact ments to keep them and their re spective governments going. It has often been said that too many laws are made for the good of the people, and this record may be of fered in proof, without examination of the character of the laws enacted. Their number is condemnation. Of course, new laws are required to meet new conditions aud to provide the yearly needs of our states. , But who will have the hardihood to say that to meet these needs it was nec ssary for - the legislatures of the eeveral states in a , single h year to pass ' 1 6,064 enactments, -even ; in cluding resolutions?. DICISIOtf AFFIRMS FEDERAL POVER. Significance of the Opinion on the ; , Commodities Clause. New YoTk Tribune. . From a theoretical and constitu tional point of view, the decision is important in broadly reaffirming the power of Congress to regulate inter state commerce. The dicision of the Circuit Court for the Third cir cuit was obviously not in harmony with the ideas of the present Sup reme Court- ideas developed in a long series of decisions. The lower court's decision was handed down by two extreme anti-Federalist judges Messrs. Gray aud Dallas both more or less in sympathy with ante bellum strict construction theories Judge Gray held that the commodi ties clause was not a regulation of interstate commerce, but a prohibi tion of it, and therefore - unconsitu tional. He wanted to restrict the application of the power of Congress toregulate interstate Commerce to narrower limits. ft 3fc ijc 3fc 3C It has been said tha"t the decision leaves the situation practically as it was before the law was passed. But that conclusion is not justified. The Supreme Court has emphatically ap proved of the principle of dissociat ing the functions of producer and carrier, just as it appoved of it two years or more ago in the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's case. It says that Congress is vested with power to deny a common carrier the right to transport commodities in which the latter, has , a leal interest, aud indicates that there is ample power under the Constitution to end the practices under which by an impro per fusjon of functions and interests railroads have been able to discrimi nate against independent shippers and make them 'virtually pay the cost not only of their own shipments of favored rivals. Hereafter, un der the Supreme Court's ruling, there must be no juggling of , rates, and the coal corporations in which a railroad has stock must pay exac tly the same freight charges as in dividual producers or nouaffiliated corporations. Attorney General Wickersham has expressed the opinion that Con gress can go ahead and extend the provisions' of the Hepburn law to "the carriage of commodities owned t the time of shipment by a corpor ation in which the carrier has a stock interest." The Supreme Court avoided considering that prob ability. But its sweeping affirma tion of tbe power to regulate must be considered significant, and it is "plainly committed to the principle that no devices to create discrimina tion in freight rates ought to Jbe toler ated. It will probably depend large ly o a the manner in which the coal railroads conform to the spirit as well as to the letter of the law, whether Congress will attempt next winter to break the bond between the railsoads and the mining corpor ations in which they hold stock. If old abuses revive, the reserved pow er of regulation will oadoubtly ,.be appealed to. Surprise Party. The friends of 'Miss De Louas Cheek met at the home of Miss Lil lie Shatterly i uesday evening May 4th at 7 :30 and adjourned to Miss Cheek's home whee they gave her a surprise party. All present, de cided the evening and occasion of pleasure and enjoyment. Refresh ments' we re served and many were the amusements. Those present were: Misses Ida Loy, Minnie Lay ton, Bettie Lyde May, Birdie Holt, Madge Thompson, Pearfe , Mebane, Miriam Quakenbush, Mary Shoff ner Lillie and Maude Shatterly. Messrs Dewitt Thompson, Raymond Holt; -' Burch v Humphrey, Currie Bryant, Car Page, Fred ilolt, . and Erie Hatch, v - r - hi h If; yo u don't know : what th e Philadejphia Press is," call cat your office t and get a sample -copy, or write us aiid will m3il jyou one. . ; ' IT WILL NOT HELP i THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ' " - , ,. "Red Buck", the efficient Washing gton correspondent, of the Charlotte , Observer, has the following on the appointment of Judge Connor: President Taft was told by Judge Connor's friends that he was a man ' of fine character, excellent ability, -and judicial tern perament. i He was impressed ; with the fact y: that Mr. Connor had never been a . bitter partisan, but was fair in deal ing with men of the opposing party, and convinced that he did not be long to any corporation. As a rule the Democrats here think well of the appointment, but -none of them believe that it will do the Deraq party any good. 4 In various ways "' Mr., Taft has made himself popular in North Carolna. The famous Greensboro speech, in which he so accurately described North Carolina Republican leaders he set lukewarm Democrats to thinking In his tour through the State last year, just before the election, he made many ' friends. During the stay in , Geor--gia he created a good impression. His visit to Charleston, improved the start he had made. His com ing visit to Petersburg and Charlotte will, his friends think help ; him iu his work in the South. There fore the naming of Judge Connor, one of the cleanest, men in his pro-" fession ia the State, will help Mr. Taft and his party, old-time Re publicans, especially pfe hunters, are sore. They do not see where, the " party will profit. . , 5 f y , The contest for. the place has proven that Republicans are. not the H only pie-hungry, lawyers . in JSorth Carolina. Pie, especially political' pie, looks good to everybody no matter what party' he supports. PRESIDENT TAFT ON THE TWENTIETH OF MAY. His Time In Charlotte ToBe Fully Occupied. Everyone will be Giv en an Opportunity to see Him. Charlotte, .May JO. The Cen tral Committee of the Twentieth of May Celebrati6nr which is to be held in thi City May 18, 19 knd 20, has outlined the programme for President Taft, when he will be a guest of the City, as follows: Ar rive in Charlotte at 10 o'clock on a special train. 10 a ra. salutebt21 guns by the Charlotte artillery up on his arrival at the Southern Sta tion. Special committee to meet Presi dent and Mrs. Taft at the Southern " station and escort them to the SeU wjn Ho el. - 11 a. m. President and Mrs. Taft to receive reception committeemen arid their wives at the Selwyn Hotel. W: 1 1 a. m. Old soldiers to escort President and Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Stonewall Jackson to the reviewing stand on South Tryon St. 2 p. m. Luncheon at the Selwyn. 3:30 p. m. The President to ad dress the public. . 5:3Q p. m. The President to specially , address tbe students of Biddle University and the colored people generally at Biddle Univer- sity- . ; -. " ' ' 6-30 p. m. Dinner at the Sel wyn. 8:30 The President and Mrs. Taftto receive--the- public in . the large parlors of the Selwyn. Leave Charlotte on special train af ter the public reception. To the R. F. D. Carrierc. All members of the Rural Letter Carriers Associatson of - A lamance County are hereby notified that their annualfy clues of .75 are. due and are requested to settle same at ear liest date possible so the Secy, and Treas. may. be able to make his an nually report at our next meeting May 29th. . Respectfnlly ; . J. M. WORKMAN Pres. -r J. 'A. LOWE Secv & Treas. : .. .. i
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