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A PBOGKESSIVE RI»1&BUCAS PAPER HE.VOTED TO THE UPBCILDtNG OF AMERICAN HOMES AND ^#©(tiCAK INDUSTMES
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BURLINGT>\ VLAMANCE COCNTIV NORTH CABOLi'NA, i UESDAY, 0Cr08p«::i7, 1914.
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Germans who, at
Life, Closed the Yser Canal,
Not Been Able To Make
Further Progress
Battle For Straits of Dover Is Raging With Unabated Fury—Opposing Armies Are Dcii
vering Fierce Attacks—Loss Of Life Appaiing“-Towns and Villages Are Scenes
of Hand to Hand Conflicts When the Forces Meet—^Zephclins Wait On
Navy—It is Believed When the German Navy Steams Forth the
Monster Aicraft Will Assist irv CrippUnj the British Fleet.
tALAMASGE COCNTY COTTON
FASHIONS SHOW.
Tha -A.lamance County Cotton Fash
ions Show wiU l-e heid at iBurlington,
Friday and Saturday, Oct. SOtfa and
si, from S to 10 p. m.
The exhibitions will be held in the
Hay Buildir.g cn Front Street, and
tlie public in general is invited to at
tend.
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The regular monthly business mefct-
ing of the Baraca-Phflathea City
Uiiioi: will be held next Sunday af
ternoon at ;i o’clock iii the First Bap
tist Church. A very interesting pio-
gram i.s being prepared, and it is hop
ed that every class that holds mum-
bei'ship in the Union iriU be represent
ed ’.sith a good attcndano^. The pro
gram will appear In FriSiy*s issue
of The Dispatch.
TAX PAYERS ATTENTIO.V. • Our Democratic friends are holdins a iheftting in town today. The
When I was nominated for the yoMticn of county commissioner, I toid Registrars, who are supposed to be impartial judges, are here with their
, 1 u IJ registration books, the democratic can^iidates and the upright and honest
my friends that i coulfl not accent, and I nave held to this conclusion until e .
judges are behind closed doors asceixahiing the result, why not these hon-
»ow, but there is such an insistent Uer.ii.ni’ from all over this county that . . ■ , t b ui-
est and upright registrars go into secret confejsnec with the Repubhcan-
1 stay in.the race in order if elected i i.Tay be of some service to the tax- pj-ogj-esgive candidates) they too would be glad to see the books and give
payers, that I have decided if the men 'a’Wo pay the taxes in this county want ^he registrars a little secret instructions a.', to the final outcome, would it
my services, and feel that 1 can help them in any way by being a member not be just as fsir to allow the RepubJicj'ns to take a peep at the book?
of the next board, 1 have decided if elected I wili accept the position. Our truth is that the registrars should be so fair, so honest, so upright
_ . - , j t r - 11 1 I 1- j I . i ti. • !, in every respei t that they would not takj their registration books and go
county atfairs are m bad shape, and it wll take hard work to get ttien^ right j y j
into secret conference v,-ith any political party, as a rule the registrars m
again, besides years to do it. I am making a great personal sacrifice to al- , . j • . s .v
* c- e> I- county are all good men, never men if you please, and just wViy they
low my name to go before the good people of Alamance connty for tM? thes^things for the Democratic party and not
position, and a gj’eater saciifice if I should be elected. Bat I promise to Repubiit-an party we cannot see, let us hope thr.t in the future, they
do the best I can, and I funhfer promi5o that I %viU keep the people fully v.ill consider it impioper to exhibit their book?
to any party away froni
the
property and mine, the propeity
Uvini?:, and leave to our faimlioy^
do not lieHovc I can, ioanc mo al homo.
^'({urs for beil’-*r conditioni^
K. T. KKKNilDLK.
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advised as to all matters ill svhich they tire interested and which affects their, their homes, or polling: places. We believe when the registrars see
, , , ^ ^ r ^ , it. 'injustice of this trUiitom in its tru'.; light, that they will refuse lo do it.
poekc'tbooks. Every hve years the tax |.ayers of this county pay out ip. m- ■
.Vf'hich r»H‘nn :i t-ctter day for .\lania:;ice* County poUlics.
terest upon bends the sum of a hundred thousand dollars, e\-ery twenty-1
five years a half million dollars, where wil. it all stop, and after you have !
paid thip half million dollars in interest the full amount of the bonds are ^
. , j ’ Foriujjatelv fi:>r the cause of protection to AmencaM^tiidiistry, and un
still outstandinji:, sure you have >»ever ftonousiy considered thjs mattei, oi ■
,, , . . , tu- * i ^ fojtunateiy for the Democratic oarty, there was a real and acvurate t;st
you v/ould be more anxicas la do somfeth:ng to slop this avsfui drain upon ^
. f • .. f-'f the new tariff and a romnaji^on with itp Republic«}n predere.~:f5or befort
our resurcPLs where all JHts money come from, m tae cna from your '
that we ouRht to enjoy'our.dves while,be^'innins of ho.-alitio. ..broad, whi.!, ha. temi,or.u-.!y ,.ut an end Lo
,ave to go to pay this ii«Portau.>n,^.
, . , , . ,, , . 1 II, „l 'Ihc pri;-p tliut thi’ ijrociuct'i- paid for tlie priviic.w of iivi'.g:
enormous Jiiui burdensome aebt, ) )o yoli love your party and the ollice \ ‘ .
, j it. if i tinder the new tariiT :s or.e nrdlion dol'iars a day more of toreif;!i ioni;)cli-
holders niore than you uo your family, if yc-u do then vote tor preseiu c(pi-;
. r ■■ ■ I . u . .. .• -lion for bin; tc face in the m;!rket of th.; United State.-, .\ccordinp; to >rov-
ditions, but :f you love your fai'iljy nest, then vote to cnar.ire piesent ^
, , .-111.:- cnuneiit siatistic.! tliorc wan an incroa-," i'l vahie of foreiiii; goods brousni.
ditions. It you lielieve 1 can he!j) you, 5'ui upon tne bi'aul, but ii joi
ii'ito the United Ktatci; ol' t'.venty-.six rniliHi-.’ tlollars a month, or one nulhon
dollars a day for evt-ry workini? day of the-monch.
This foreign inercband!.-:!' i.-? b)-nu,giit tO this country to be sold. By Ju.'jt
the amount of the increa.‘;e in importation will there be a loss of niarko! to
■ the .American pioducer. By just so niu'-is will the sale of .American good.-!
KEUl'CTION IN OjST OK LIVING. j is- the American market fail .short of i!ie sale.? for the same period undor
Has -here been any reduction in the co.=t of iivinp: to offset lhi.s riewlj,),,. Republican taiiif law. -An addition^.l coniyetition of one million dollars
compeliti^»n ? Have the army of oonsumer.-; vet-eived a lieiicfit ni lower j.,y thv .-\inerican producer so lonfi' as the Demooraiic tariff law re
prices? Has the man who iiuys his good-s over the counter of the retail j n.^ins on the statute books and Europi.-an conditions are normai. And tne
store obtained them for less? Ther-:- has been no such change. The new ij^jss the injury that result from this uill be felt in the workroom of the
tariff has produced results only on one t-ide >f the ledger. The increased I well as in the counlin^- room; v-'ill reach the Northern farmer
importations under the new law means n:ereSy so much yardag*? cut from^jj^ijj^ fields.
the American textile mills, so much tonnafte taken from the products of the |
farm, so much less demand for goods made by the American producer, j
much less demand for American labor, witf u resultant loss of the purchas- |
ing power of the whole citizenship of the United States. j
The latest available trade figni es i f the government shows also a j
grievous fact as to our export business. As the result of the new tariff i
r.'ir foreign exports have not increased, l ot we are loving part of the trade
ive already had. For the seven months ot the Democratic tariff law from
January 1st to August 1st, the exports from the United States to foreign |
countries showed a falling off of 127 mi'iions of dollars, an average of iS!
hiilKons a month, and nearly three-.-juarters of a million dollars every wor;i-
ing day of the month, as compared v.’ith the same months of 1913, under
the Kepublican tariff law. The very bad f-eature of thes-s figures is that
our export, showing was progressively bad under the present law. Begin
ning with April, the decrease Was so gr-.^at that the bala?:ce of trade ran
against the United States and continued lo do so until the end.
DE.MOCRACY‘S DESTRICTIVE TARIFF.
Ever since the Democratic party came into power it has) pi-omised ih>j
country the dawn of oar greattst era of prosperity. Every measure which
it has passed was heralded as the welc«;«e harbinger ushering in the long
deferred but much desired boom.
The promised result has not come to pass, but business and labor .-vre
everywhere in distress. What is the true reason for present conditions?
Why is the country living from hand to mouth? Why is no mill extending
its plan? Why is there no flow of rie-M capital into the productive indus
tries of this great and powerful nation? Why wers enterprises curtailed
and plans for new ventures returned to the pigeon-holes? Why have our
most optimistic and cotsraseous .American business men hesitated to enter
into new ventures while capital laid idle in its repositories? Why did all
these conditions of arrested development and delayed activity exist long
before the breaking out of the European war?
LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
The cause is lack of confidence, and legislative conditions adveTss>i«nbus-
iness in the United States. Kew entei-prise.-, halt and industrial activity hes
itates not only becaua.e the business me’n of the country universally distrust
and fear the Democratic party and its i-olicies, but also because they have
tried and fourid it impossible to operate under the laws the Democratic par
ty h«8 aiucted.
HON. A. A.
WHITENER
RepiibOcan Caadiiiate for Uniteii Ststes Seoate,
will address the people of Alamance County, upon the is
sues of the day in
Burlington Brick Warehouse
Friday iytitjctoiier 30, at 8 O’clock.
Every Body Invited. The Ladies Especially. Good Seats Provided,
Mr. Whitetrer is a pleasant and eiitertaining speaker and will
please you. Mr. Whitener is a Prominent Junior, and will be
pleased to see the Juniors and Daughters of Liberty preseni.
Remeiiiber The Bate. :: HesMilier Tiie Tiie.
Renieiiilier tlse
OCTSTANCINGf COUNTV BO.VDS.
For the inforntotion of the voterst a«d ta.x jayevs of Alamance County,
there are outstanding county, bonds to the amount of three hundred and
twenty-seven thousand dollars as follows;
1903 .. .. . , $5»,000.00
.. .. 200,(m.00
.. ., .1 23,000.00
1912 14,000,00
191-3 ., .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ..... .. 20,000.0tt
1914 [This year] Did you Wrow it 1;. .. .. 20,000.00
Amounting to the -tnormous total of .... .. ¥327,000.00
Deduct amount claimed to be paid on these bonifs .. .. .. .. 4,000.00
Leavaing a' balanec due on bondf - $323,000.00
Add to this outstanding county vouchers . 8,600.00
Add to this the new county jail, now being built, bat not ctsm-
pleted. contract price 10,000.00
Add to- this cost of sand clay road now bting built bsta'een Ha«
River and Mebane 8,830.00
Amoonting to the huge sum of ?-350,500.00
Just think of it, three hundred and fifty thousand five hundred dollars,
end this does not include any borrowed money from individuals, and other
outstanding accounts which will have to be paid and yet they would have
you believe that your ^nancial affairs are in good shape, and that they ought
to be continued ia->ffice because of this splendid financial showing, now real
ly do you think so"! if you do, vote to retain them, but if you think other
wise, then vote otherwise, l-ay the copy of this paper away, and wait for
the annual exhibit, then compare the two and you will learn the value of
this paper to any voter and tax payer. .All of this is a matter of record,
and no one can deny the truthfulness of these statements, read it, and then
lake this paper in your hand and go to Graham and ask the ring to point
cut to you one false statement, it cannot be done, these are the fats, and
facts 'i^’ill not lie. With this we leave the matter to your calm, cool judg
ment, render your verdict at the polls, will you do it, -.vt shall see.
The Tariff The Cause of Business
Depression.
This paper wani.s the laboring men of thi.i co;:;ity in know whiit is
causinjir the i.iu.iiiw.ss ilepi-effioii n-hkU ice an- row fja.^sinp- rhn#U;fii.
Some would have you iiclievc that it Ihi* w:i!-. \:'n tbi.s if. iv.it th.' ca'.i-^,
01) the contrary our tc.Ktile criruiitioii.- h..“e In .Main.iiico County wnuid iiavo
I.eci! much worse. i>nl fm- Ihe w,-ir. Tbcie iva^ i.-oniiii" tlic Ut-.itc-d
licfovc lliv- war foreiiiJi niiLtk’ .ii'omi.s m thi: amoit'U *tf aiil-
li!ns of dollars worth a day, and thi.-; \ ain-.iunt ui’ ft.-iciiin madi-
v-'a.-; iii’ii'-.ir m'IiI iii niintvlilimi with the very i-ia.-s of fiond.-! niailc iii thi^
cou-.it;-y. there fi.V'.'i'r:! i-.iade sioodrs v.'i-r ■ iraimfactiir-jii in coii:iii';o.- wh-.-.e
labor is chean, Ihc nv--ia^;-c man tir.li- ri.-i-tiv,r. per day, and ibe
averajfc wor.nm U':-i cents jier day. Since ihe ivar ?-laru-d thi.- ciinilition iia.s
been checked, Ibeie is. haKlly any fmeijia made jr-aorf.s comiiii; to thi.-: coun
try, and ju.'t a.s -soon as ibe iniUioiM and i;;il!ii)ji.s iif .lollars ivorih that xve.-c
aire;idy over here when the war i»roke ^.-ut t.-^ used up, there should be a
better demand for our o\vn manufactui-.-u priidutt, and with Ihe better de
mand should come full time and better wa.ore.^ for our workinjr men, the iv^t-
wi!l help us rather than hurl, and while v.-e all leplore the war, yot the loii^-
ei‘ it I'.ists tl'ie jiroat.ei' ouv prosperity. Tbi. i)rice of i-otton has notblnjt ’o
do with those who manufacture it, of course when it i. cheap, it hurt.s the
mari who raises it. but when it is c heap put manufaccurors can make cheap
goods and therefore can more successfully compete with markets of the
world, although they can never make good.s as chcap as our foreign neigh
bors as long as our workingmen are paid the wages they aie now paid, and
we al! know that they are paid little enough at !>e.st. We want to .say in
justice to our manufactui'ers that v,-e believe that they ai'e paying about
all they can affoi-d, we do not know of any mill that is paying more than
a fair return upon their investment, and they are always entitled to this.
What we blame them for is their attitude upon this tariff question, they a!l
know that under a Republican tariff that they can run their mills full time,
and give employment to a full set of help, but a great many of the mill own
ers are Democrats and will allow their business to suffer and their help
also rather than be frank and come out good and strong for a protective
tariff, heretofore they could vote Democratic at home, and still be protect
ed in their business by the Republican party, but since the Govfirnment has
changed hands, a.il this is eiianged, and ;) is time for them to cha. *e. We
can conceive cf no condition which warrants manufacturers and bia.siiipss
men to take a po.-iition upon the tariff question that they know is inim
ical to their suece.ss in business. The n anufacturer* are doing all in their
power we '.(elievs to keep their mills goiiv.; in order that their help may not
suffer, but if there is no market they -’.rc pov.erless to create one, in the
language of William McKinley, when he said during the .Cleveland admin-
istratiov^. to open the mills and not the r.iints, we say now restore the tariff
upon cotton goods, and you will open l!it mil'.', of this country, and they
will make a market for the cotton, if it we— :iot for the low tariff upon
cotton goods, ouv mills would be running f'. ”. ;'imc both night and day, take
our word for it and vote the Sepublican tici i-i, if we are succe.ssfu! in county
sstate and nation, there will be an era of t-U'Sperity su,.h as this country has
never witnessed before.
CeeiB Goine k\\, Brlsg \mt j^'riesds-
C.AMP.AIGN C.VX.ARDS.
We warn our friends and readers io be on the lookout for campaign
canards or to use plan jsnglish campaign lies. The ring heelers are al
ready industriously at work. You will hesf- all kinds of things, but pay no
attention to any of them, especially abont -ttlS paper and its Editor. Al!
jthe articles appearing in this paper for which we are responsible are b;».sed
j upon facts and we pni^alifiediy stand by them, scan the columns of thi*
I paper closely and accept all our statements as true %nd to be relied upon,
j therefore we have nothing to deny or retract, remember this and do not
allow yourself to he misled. Al! of your candidates are men of character
and ability and are able to take care of themselves. Be firm and trua to
the principles which you profess to believe in and victoi7 wil! be oara—
forewarned is forearmed.