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i : . -; PROTECTION AND PREPABBDNESS The TAR Published by the Wilmington, N. C. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Wilmington, N. C under Act or Congress, March zna. 18?. FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. CHE MORNING STAR, the oldest daily newspaper in Nortn Carolina, is puo lishea tUfcly and maiiea to suDscrxoers outsiae the county at ti per year; tor hi months; 1.S& tor turee Fontas or served by carrier in tne city ana euburDS at 60c pec montn, or, when said in advance, 7.0U per year; fJ? six mSnths. &btor three months THE LNiAX S1AH, by mail, one yea, . $1.00: six months, oO cents; tnree months, 25 cents , ADVERTISING RATES may be application, and advertisers may rest assured tittit through tne columns or this paper they may reach ah Wil mington, Eastern Carolina and con tiguous territory in South Carolina. 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ALL 'DRAFTS, checks, express money orders and postal money orders for the paper should be made payable and all communications should be address- t(?THE WILMINGTON STAR CO. SUNDAY, APRIL 16, TOP O' THE MORNING. The rich young: ruler might have traveled day by day in the company of Jesus, the Master's friendship coaxing every good thing in the man's heart up and out. He might have become one of the guiding: spirits of the young church, hand ling growing responsibilities, tast ing the fulness of life. Instead of that he probably lived and died as the richest man. of his little Gali lean town, carrying in his frozen' heart the dead seed of a. great life. SELECTED. Guilt is readily admitted when penalty is negligible. the Americans used to imagine that we could lick the world till the world got into a. fight with itself. Like all other suffering localities," a few first class funerals would be to the interest of Mexico. Owing to the fact that it, is. election times as well as war times, it is hard forwriters and speakers to avoid radi cal and libellous references. . "The Kentucky senate is endeavoring to impeach a judge, but weTiope he can prove that he is more of a good jude than he is a judge of good liquor. Just It this time a candidate think: he is running for office, but at the November election he may find out that the office was running from him. It is noticed that there ' is H tremen dous enthusiasm among protectionists concerning the -wisdom of "national preparedness," but their enthusiasm ia due to the opportunity they have seis ed to urge that national preparedness means tariff protection , for private in terests masquerading in the guiBe of "American industries." Safeguarding domestic industries always will be the object of all American parties, but not the kind of safeguarding that existed under the Payne-Aldrich tariff act. What became of all the national pre paredness that this country should have nad when successive Repubiicat) administrations levied high tariffs and squandered millions upon a navy and army of the kind that the protectionist administrations turned over to a Demo cratic administration with the idiotic expectation that fifty years of Repub lican, profligacy could be remedied by three years of Democracy? F; Looking back over past-history, pat riotic Americans ought to recognize the fact that they never got very much na tional preparedness put of the Republi can party. It ought to force most ' of "us to the conclusion that if the coun try wants national preparedness it will have to depend on the Democrats in stead of a profligate Republican party w.hich for years past provided the country with a stupendous amount of buncombe and a minimum amount of preparedness. The facts in the case are so plain that a dummy with a cork head ought to know better than to be fooled by the protection noise in con nection with our patriotic duty to pro vide this country with an adequate navy and an ample army. Of course, it is wise for this country to assure its industrial independence of all other nations, but this country also ought to make sure of its independence of the industries to which it extends the bounty . of its benevolence. Pro tection and preparedness ought, not to be mentioned in the same breath, un less the protection is more national than private in Its scope. Protection has built up million dol lar industries in this country, but not altogether for this country, so far as "national preparedness" is concerned. There is an absurd amount of national preparedness in a protected armor plate industry which sells its products to other nations at a low price and exacts an Cutrageous price from the govern ment whose benevolence made it power ful enough to play the role of the asp which stuck its fangs in the bosom that warmed it. " A protected American industry which enables foreign - governments to build battleships cheaper than they can be built in America is not "national pre paredness" so's you'd notice it. It ought to be, but owing to the fact tflat it is not the case, Uncle Sam ought to make sure that when he protects In dustries he can get the benefit of their efficiency without being held up," He certainly ought to see to it that" other nations do not get the benefit while he gets it in the neck. We are all "practical men," so we ought to see the joke in the "protec tion and preparedness" that hasn't some limitations to its methods. Uncle San surely ought to play the game safe, and we guess he will. Ta SAVINGS BANK CENTENNIAL SERIES No. 2 YOU ANP YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. When the banker accepts your ac count, and gives you a pass book and a check book, he has the right to ex pect certain things from you, as yo have the right, legally, and morally, to expect certain things from him. . v- In the first place, he has the right to expect, a profit from, your account. Banking is an expensive business. It costs a certain amount to handle every check that passes through the bank, and every account should contribute a portion to the expenses of the'bankrf however small. When your banker asks you to keep a certain balance, he is merely asking his .right to a profit from your account. It is easily- to be seen that if you keep a small balance, say ten dollars, and the banker furnish es you with stationery, does the neces sary book-keeping on the account (for your benefit as well as nis), the earning power of that ten dollars, even, if it were all Invested at 6 per cent., would be insufficient to compensate him for the cost attending that account. There fore be generous and give him a chance to make a profit; for as every sale of merchandise should show a profit, so every bank account should at least pay its way. Give him as large a balance as you can possibly keep it will help you very much in his estimation, help your credit, and add to your self re spect. Second. Never overdraw. In na tional banks overdrafts are now for- bidden, but whether they wre or not, you have no right to ask it. It hurts your credit with the banker. It is a forced loan without security, and is a poor business practice. Sometimes an overdraft is allowed as a matter o-accommodation, and some times in order that the credit of the drawer with the holder of the check may not be impaired; tmt it is bad practice,- gets you in wrong all over and should neither be asked nor expected. Third. Do not draw against "Uncol lected funds." By uncollected funds is meant checks that have not been col1 lected. For instance, if you have a bal ance of $100, and deposit a hundred dollar check and draw your own check for $150, you have taken all the origi nal deposit and half of the amount rep resented by the other check just depos ited. The banker must send that check, let us say, to New York, and wait for advice that it is paid before' knowing that it has been paid, which may take three or four days. You are asking him to pay out his money three days in advance of its receipt, a practice which good banks frown upon and will not allow. Lastly, draw your checks properly, as outlined in the next talk, and have your pass book balanced once a month. Doing these things consist ently, your banker will be a good friend and you will be a good customer, in fa vor with one who can do you many fa vors. American Bankers Association. LEAVE IT TO WILSON AND CAR- RANZA. So long as the other candidates for President don't withdraw right away already, we infer that they are not for Teddy. The "practical men" around New York understand each other With them a political issue does not, amount to a hill of beans, but a mutual understand ing does. The New York Tribune decided to cat its dish of crow and be done with it, but it plastered the crow over with a mess -of sophistry that was worse than the crow. Twenty years from today "a new set of men will be throwing their hats in-. to,' .the ring. Those: who are. disturb ing our peace at this time will be our "grand bid men.",' - - The point of view- is everything, but there are Just about as many of them as there are of men: That is the rea eon that men do not all belong, to one party and. it accounts for the fact that many do not even agree with their-par ty. - . . . Wv- ' . SHIPBUILDING AT BRUNSWICK. Special interests- in : America do not care who- the Beelzebub 'is- 'president, just so they get ail the tariff protection 'that wili enable them to exploit Am . erican consumers' Greed and selfish ness is too-apparent in the politics of some of the people ; of. this country,. , , The' main .American ''ideal.-is" fear of first one kind and .then another. Most of the hysteria at this 'time is caused by the fear that as soon, as Europe's -monarchical war : is oyer .the - foreign nations -will dump their measly ; manu factures on this country andsmother . every one of our Infant . industries. - We can "afford to chase old "Villa all over Mexico, even if-we have spent a million dollars for. gasoline, alone. The chase is exasperating- so ; long - as he slinks out of the "way, but so long, as there are only a few; of-Irim apd his rough necks, it is ' bettervthan , locking .horns with an , army that ! is reajdy to -'fight. '- : 5 -i'Vv.; . ' " Says the Jacksonville;' Times-UnioA "Now there is 'talk - of '.sendtJis -Roosevelt to the Senate,' but. how xoald he be happy without being :h. whole thing?" It would never do ' to send .our ex Presidents to the'.Senate where - some uncouth senator might engage them in a rough and tumble debate. Lei" them keep out of the ring and be content with throwing their hats in whenever they take a notion. Ex-President. jBhould maintain' a kind of superb dig nity and command our profound defer-, f ence, unless : they; "Just naturally prefer to chew the rag. Brunswick, Ga., for a long time has been 'inviting capital there to establish industries, but. the Georgia port must have realized that -no manufacturing center in the South was ever built up by dependence upon outsiders. Any how, the business men of Brunswick have looked around for opportunities for themselves, .and have decided that if there were any that would be good for outsiders they would be equally good for llve Brunswick men. With a great abundance of timber available at the lowest prices in Bruns wick, some' of her enterprising capital ists have recognized the fact that the shipbuilding , Industry, was suitable for that locality,; Consequently the1 Bruns? wick Shipbuilding Company was Organ ized March 15 with a capital stock , of $50,000, for ; the ' purpose ". of building wooden ships,.yachtst and power boats. The company , elected as its general manager Capt., J. H. Leo, a sailor before the mast for 43 years, master of his own ships; for 2 6. .years, and now retir ed and residing In Brunswick. Immedi ately after organizing, the company se cured an eligible portion of water front property and 'within 5 a '"'week Captain Leo laid the keel of the first ship, to be built at Brunswick. It will be a three masted schooner, .190 feet long over all, 36.6 feet of beam and -.14 feet, depth of hold. It will cost $35,000 and twenty five ship carpenters are now rushing the work.- ' - '" .- .'.v. ' ',- . . ". Captain Leo Is well, known in Wil mington. He is an old shipbuilder and expects to - build - ships for many ship ping companies at the North. Hewill be prepared to -build steamers as well as-sailing "craft a&d barges, for which there Is a large demand for coastwise commerce. When shipping, companies find out that they can save money by getting their vessels constructed or overhauled at Brunswick, there will be something doing at the ambitious Geor gia port. There are quite a number of industries for which our ports are spec ially adapated, and they are : the ones that ought to look'good to home cap! taliets as well as to capitalists abroadV Having tried to round up Villa and some 1,500 of his followers with 5,000 good Americari soldiers, the difficulties we have encountered will enable u. to appreciate the enormous task that Carranza had in trying to put Villa and an army of -70,000 men out of busi ness as a military factor in Mexico. Villa and his horde have been so re duced that he and his straggling mar auders are known as bandits. Ameri cans certainly ought to be too fair minded and intelligent not to appreciate tho almost super-human work that Car ranza has accomplished up to this time towards eliminating civil war in Mexi co. Villa's aim has been to bring about American intervention in Mexico, but Americans ought to be too shrewd to let a bandit and cut-throat succeed in causing a breach between the Ameri can' government and the de facto gov ernment of Mexico. The American p"ress is heapipg about as much abuse on Carranza as it does on Villa, but the bandit chief will be only too glad if he is succeeding to a certain extent in straining American relations with," Carr ansa's government. Our punitive expedition into Mexico, it must be admitted, has added to Car- ranza's embarrassments, and if he has not so readily acceded to all our de mands h and expectations, we have to take into consideration the fact that he is endeavoring to placate us without alienating his. present support to such an extent as to undo most of the work that he has accomplished in practically suppressing seven years of insurrec tion. While Villa has succeeded in compli cating the situation for Carranza, Am ericans ought to know better than to complicate the situation for President Wilson. The Washington administra tion in a general way has handled the Mexican problem in a masterful way Owing to the various and conflicting reports we Have been -getting ' from Mexico, should the Duplin county man who said he didn't, believe a gun had been ' fired in the so-called war in Eu rope, wish ' to express! his opinion, ;he toir and was passed while the cow wa: not as good beef as the first one that was offered for sale. And I had to dis pose of the beef as it was condemned while the inspector at the. abattoli inspected the liver and lungs of the same cow and said that it was in good condition. JThe writer is willing to comply with the law In every respect, but I don' like to be cut out of an honest living by false inspections of beef that is considered good. The local inspector passed the cow which was butchered at the abattoir but condemned ' the hide and the liver. He also passed the hide from the same cow that he condemned the meat of. It looks to the writer like it was all done for spite or some other self-interest cause. If our local health de partment is allowed such arlvileges as thisto continue, it looks to me like the consumer will have to pay double for his meat in a short time. The cow mentioned above had. been milked and the milk sold on our local market for public consumption. So if this cow was in such a bad condition why should the owner be allowed t sell the products of a condemned cow This article is written solely to get the case before the public, and, If It is right, well and good; if it is wrong the public should know it. ROBERT JONES. - April 15. 1916. MR. KING MAKES CORRECTION. and the American people ought to leave it to Wilson and Carranza to handle to the conclusion one of the gravest prob lems that has ever arisen oh the Am erican continent. Says the Durham Herald: -"Say what you please about it, but it largely de pends on whether the Republicans pre fer Roosevelt to Wilson." About one third of them will prefer Wilson to a man who received numerous honors at the hands of the Republican party and then turned on it, organized another party and no, longer than last week as- assured the Progressives of the state of Washington that he had never aban doned that pasty. President Wilson has the advantage in that, while he has done his best to beat its candidates, he hasoiever deliberately, attempted to de- stry,.; it nor abuse Its candidate for president, as was done by Roosevelt in 1912.. There ought to be a great deal in that with , honest Republicans whose principles have been outraged by, in gratitude.. ' -'"' ' ' "" .;-".' : That pack of hyenas Is still bent on getting Jhe goat of Secretary Daniels. They might succeed if their abuse of the Secretary did not disgust fair- minded Americans who are intelligent enough to know, that if the navy is in efficient it is due more to fifty years of Republicanism than to a paltry "three years of Danlellsm. People with saw dust heads might be misled about it, but nobody else. To the Editor of The Star: In, your issue of Tuesday, April 4th, you published, a news item which was misleading' in a sense, and I desire to offer correction. ' Under the head. "Brigade Manager Resigns," you stated, "Mr. King gave as his reason for resigning the fact that" he has decided to study for the ministry." This would naturally give i the", impression that I had resigned specifically to begin these studies, at once. As a matter of fact, it was known that I was leaving the Brigade April 1st for another reason. For sev eral months the Brigade' leaders have realized that the natural income from the membership of' the organization was insufficient to maintain a salaried manager and , keep up the other neces sary expenses. After several weeks deliberation the Executive Council voted to abolish the office of active secretary and manager and distribute the work of this office among them selves -a step which, the writer sug gested be taken several months ago. I have said nothing about this mat ter until now, because I have tried to see my way clear not to do so, for the sake of keeping the Brigade's business to itself. (Now, instead of being averse to .publishing this, I take pride In showing you the spirit of the Bri gade members: Rather than go out and ask the publio to contribute to the maintenance of the organization, these men voted to dispense with the ser vices of an active secretary and as sume the management themselves a step which the. writer " suggested be taken several months ago.) This will explain how .the article-in question might be misleading to those who knew that I would leave the Bri gade as manager, and did not know of my other purpose. For some time I have had. under con sideration the ministry as my calling, but could pot see my way clear to be gin active preparation and to decide definitely upon;.my course. This, how .everj'I have done now and from now on my efforts shall be to fit myself for that high calling although it will be three "or rf our months before I be gin regular studies for this purpose. HIRAM K. KING. April 14, 1916. - Quoth the Brunswick Sentinel (Rep.) : "The Morning ' Star of Wilmington gained a lot of advertising recently because 'the editor editorialized to the effect that a Southern man could ' not be President of the United States. Lots" of us knew, that, but Friend Clawson happened to be the one" to express the thought." That's very funny, of course, but .the funniest part of it is that The Star, :never said a word that is attrib uted'' to it. FOB McLEAN AND CLARK. To tile Editor of The Star: - A. W. McLean and O. T. Clark are the choice of Columbus for delegates to the Democratic National convention Two better men could not be found, and Red Springs . Brown voices the sentiments of Columbus in saying no wire pulling should be resorted to at the convention, for defeating4 the choice of the people. The people kn,ow both McLean and Clark and trust them. Great questions are likely to come up at the National convention and, with A. Wi McLean and O.. L.. Clark on duty, you can bet your last dollar that what ever la done will be for tne good of the people. ; COLUMBUS. "'The New York politicians are- muss ing things up for the G. O. P. It Is hard for any party to get away from New York politics. MAKES VIGOROUS KICK To the Editor of The Star: -Sr s In 'competition with Armour and :ur abattoir, ? the writer bid in two- for market purposes and after one; of might apply: the same terms to the I SXf aaMJ Villa hunt with a greater degree of denmed the beef without seeing it. The appropriateness. ,. , . .r.. :1 .-..t,,,- 1 . . - V Lthpr beef was butch k ,t ii. v 7 ttu " c"an 11 mose in control 1 0e5T"jrWS-r?t.th ,abat; woulckdo..theIr whole duty. Garbage of CURRENT COMMENT The Wilmington-Charlotte Highway is attracting State-wide attention. It touches a large number of important towns along the way, and those towns realize the value that this -highway will be to them. When the people of a. county vote a tax upon themselves for. good roads, it is the strongest testi mony that the county knows the very mudsills for future greatness and hap piness. Whiteville News Reporter. Clean up week in Wilmington has set a good example to .other cities and towns. "Days spent Hike they - were spent - are great days; - and red letter days ' toOnV Clean up f-week should, bf eveny week, and not ait -for the poor garbage gatherers, to sweat themselves to death, all at one -time. Every town can be kept; clean if those in control V The Season That Will Bring Out All That is Newest, Most Stylish and Comfortable in Apparel FOR EVERYONE Hats Dresses, Waists, Coats, Suits and Shoes 7 ill $1 riff, UV For Easter Week our stocks have been made complete with all the newest and best styles that 1916 offers, and every department is showing unusual values. Our Millinery Department Offers Styles in Hats that are Pleasing to the most criti cal eye, and satisfying to the most discriminating tastes, Trimmed Hats and New Shapes and Ready-to-Wear Hats. A new showing of Coat Suits and Dresses. All Wool and Silk Poplin and Taffeta Dreses $4.98 to $15.00 In all the most-wanted colors; Palm Beach Suits for La dies ... .. . .-S6.50 Newest ideas in Sport Coats . . . . .$6i50 to $10. 00 Complete Showing of Men's and Boy's Suits and Straw Hats Men's Palm Beach Suits. . . . . .$5,00, S6.50 $7.50 Mohair Suits . . . .$7.50 to $15.00 Boys' Palm Beach Suits, in all sizes $3.50 and $5.00 Straw and Panama Hats, in a wide variety of styles. In Shoes,we have a complete showing of everything that is new and nobby for Easter. Ladies' Black Kid Pumps-..'. . .$3.50 and $4.00 Tennis Oxfords and Pumps v.: . . . . . . 50c to $1,75 Patent Leather Pumps, with white piping . . $3i50 NEW OXFORDS FOR MEN. all kinds should have attention often er than once or twice each year Whiteville News Reporter. 4. Mr. Barnes, former , Republican boss of New York State and yet potent there, denies indignantly the assertion iat he would consent to the nomination by the .Republicans of Colonel Roosevelt for President and would vote for him if he was nominated. He indicated very clearly that' he would bolt if the Colo nel was the nominee. The New York delegation to the Republican National Convention is solidly against the Colo nel. This fact seems to narrow the Republican choice to that most respec table pigr-in-a-poke and reluctant con script, Mr. -Justice Hughes. Certainly. a nominee who would make a split in the Republican party of New York State cannot be considered seriously. And nobody knows -where Justice Hughes stands or- thinks on any ques tion nyw pending,.. The Wilmington Star yesterday had a clever- cartoon representing the Democratic donkey as remarking philosophically that the factions of the Republican party are united at least on one proposition. This is thaf the Democrats and Mr. Wilson should be defeated. We cannef recall that any great political party in the history of this country ever came to two' months ' before its convention so hopelessly at sea as to candidates and. policies and in such absurd chaos , as the Republican party Is now. Our sug gestion for a . satisfactory solution of the whole trouble is that the Republi cans of the country imitate the wise example of their brethren In Virgil when Stuart was nominated i ernor.and simply step aside and Wilson's election unanimous, w action they might secure hold on connaence 01 me couuuj -,ndr llsh some claim to patriotism anu sonable good sense. Richmond naL . JOSEPH LITTLE (OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY) CDIDATE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT A'-li
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