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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. 9 Tariff Must be Taken Out of Politics The following la th address de livered Tuesday by J. W. Van Cleave, president of tho National Association of Manufacturer!. bfor the tartn commission convention In session now at Indianapolis: Gentlemen of the National Tariff Commission Convention; A question which touches the wel fare of eve-y man. woman and child In the country very closely has called us together at Indiana 's capital to day. As a proof thai this laiua has a large concern for the United States as a whole 1 see before me represent atives , of industrlui and commercial organisations from New York to' 8an Francisco, from Chicago to New Or leans, and Irom Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. We are here to give concrete (Agression to the de mand of the business men of the country for the establishment of a permanent, non-partisan, Impartial tariff commission to gather the facts and to frame the report on which , Congress ran bane the tariff adjust- I ments which are necessary from time , .'a i ..i. ... that in voicing this demand President elect Taft stands with us Bear In rtilnd always that we are not discuss ing lowering or raising any particular schedules. T.Vs Is relther the place nor the time 'or an academic discussion of the relative merits and demerits of irotecllon and free trade. A few -weeks heme President Taft will call Congress In session to revise the tar iff. In the work of revision two things ought to be kept In mind protection for all the producers who need any protection, and revenue for the government. These things are not necessarily antagonistic. An In telligent tariff adjustment would fur nish both. Therefore free traders and ultra protectionists are equally Interested In getting this sort of an adjustment. By our pre ent tariff framing ma chinery we cannot make this sort of an adjustment of the schedules ne 'e a use 1. Like mankind In general most of the persons consulted by the ways and means committee In framing tariff measures are selfish, and thus re biased In the Interest of their own Industry'. 2 The committee lacks the knowl edge to enable it to detect extrava gance or distortion In the witnesses' statements. 3. JEven if the committee had the knowledge -t lacks the time to make the Inquiry on which it could tor rut them. 4. The committee Is partisan, as It always and necessarily Is. under Dem ocratic as well as under Republican sway. SYSTEM TO BLAME. It Is the system of tariff framing and not the Individual members of the ways and means committee or of Congress that Is to blame. But. In dividually and collectively, Congress will be to blame unless it abolishes the system, and gives us the one which Is proposed by the great busi ness organizations of the country. We, as the representatives of the busi ness men of the East and West, the North and South, are here to-day to give practical voice to this demand. And while here we are likely to say and do things which will constrain Congress to listen and to heed. In no Important operation would any great business enterprise proceed in the haphazard manner which Con gress follows in revising the tariff. And yet the United ' States government la the biggest and wealthiest corpora tion in the world. The adjustment of the tariff Is an operation which, riierctly or Indirectly, affects the prices of almost every commodity pro duced or imported by nearly 90,000, onn of people, which determines the volume of a domestic trade of $30. (100,000.000 annually and a foreign trade of S, 000. 000. 000. and which retards or promotes the welfare of every one of those 90,000,000 person?. When railway company plans to build a new road or an extension of a road It employes engineers to mark out a line, or a choice of lines, which would be advisable to follow, to con sider the question of grading snd tun neling, and to compute the time and the cost of construction. As we all know, the railroad company does not refer this work to the clerks In its offices, or even to the heads of rts passenger or freight departments. It calls in men who have made a life study of such work, and who are com petent to deal with It. Every other great business corporation proceeds In a similar way all except the Unit ed States government What tnls convention asks is that, in the big business operation which is Just ahead of It. the United States govern ment shall follow the example of the rest of the business enterprises, at home and abroad A CHANGE NEEDED. While reforms. Improvementa and new departures are the order of the day In all other human activities. Congress, In the Important work of framing a tariff, cllnjs to the old landmarks. The rolling yeare teach tt nothing. In the preliminary work of putting the tariff bill Into shape Mr. Payne and his associates are making no visible change ln.the meth ods followed by Mr. Wilson in the Democratic ret of 1894. or Mr Morrill, In the first Republican tariff measure, that of 1861. I will give some ' reasoni why a change In the rolleetlon of facts to be used by our tariff framers is im perative. The carded wool people My that specific duties are unjust to them, and want ad valorem rates. On the game goods the worsted manu facturers teke directly opposite fround. The New England shoe manufacturers want free hides. Most of the Western shoe men favor the retention of the duty. Some of the cattle men want the duties on hides to Be advanced. Like divergences are seen among the manufacturers of chemicals, automobiles and in many Other lines of trade. Mr. Carnegie ays that steel manufacturers could stand free trade. " Mr. ehwftb Mrs the steel men need more protection than aver. Who is to decide equitably between .these interested, disputants? Tha trays and mean i committee i'ltcltrtri mental equipment and the Impartiality to Ho this. .Nor can congress oo it. Each of tries eontetidln parties presents a mas Of matter to or tain Beware of Frequent Cold. A succession of-cMd or a protracted enid l almost ceruta t tnd In chronl catsrrh. Irom -which few persons ever wholly recover. Give every cold tbe at tention a"" yovi may avoid ms oagrabi ilisetae. Hew eaa you ur a eold Why not try Chamberlain" Cough Remedy? It I highly recom mended. Mrs. M. White, ol Butler. Ten-ays- ""Several yearn ago I was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone (ojd me of Chamaerlaln'a Coufth Romedyv I began tiling H na H relieved m at one, jilow mr throat and Hings.are sound and win." For sal by W. U Hand V Co. its side, most of which is technical, and thus beyond the understanding of the committee, of Congress, and of the average layman. To a certain degree all the disputants are right, and all are wrong. They are like the knlght8 of old who saw different sides of a diversely figured shield. Neither side sees things, or can- see them, from the viewpoint of the other. A board of disinterested men of large experience in trade surh as this convention proposes, could adjust all these dlverganc ies They would have the time, the pa.lence and the im partiality to look at the controverted points Irom all tides. They would eliminate the non-essentials, reconcile the variances. They would bring a Settlement -which would be fair enouah to all interests to command the assent of Consres and the 1 Country PRESENT METHODl UNFAIR. There is no fundamental difference between tariff divergencies and other sorts of disputes. All need Judicial adjustment. What standing would . " ." . ':," ", ,V " ,., , I which either side of the controversy a court have in the community in would act as attorney. Judge and Jury '.' And yet this Is virtually what Is seen In the fixing of ur tariff rates under the present methods. For the settlement of the tnousand. of disputes on all subjects which are continually arising we have establish ed hundreds of courts. Federal and State. And all these courts are kept busy. What would be thought of a system of Jurisprudence which would refer all those controversies to a Judiciary committee of Congress, and expect to see them settled in two or three months, and nettled right? Practically speaking, this Ih the system which we have been following in our tariff revision. It Is hardly necessary for me to tell this Intelligent audience that this method -of shaping the tariff is unfair to the ways and means committee and to Congress. It Is obviously and omphatlcally unfair and unjust to toe people, whose Industries it disturbs, whose interests it betrays, and whose welfare it assails. Our Judicial machinery provides us with Juries trial court snd courts of appeal. The tariff commission would be the Jury to sift the testimony given by witnesses who speak for the various Industries, to weigh the evi dence whtch Is presented, and to render the verdl t. The ways and means committee and Congress would be thn court of appeal, before .which the verdict of tho Jury and the rul ing of the lower court would be sub mitted, and the final decision ren dered. Here let me give a few words to eome of the crltlcleme on the com mission, a few of the objectors say that the work jf President Arthur's commission of 1882 was disregarded by Congress. This Is not true. The tariff of 1881 was largedy bused on the commission' recommendations. And. on the whole, that was the best balanced tariff which the country has seen in a generation. President Taft will have more material from which to seleot a commission than Mr Arthur had. The one which we ask will be permanent. Thus it can do batter work, than Arthur did. TARIFF COMMISSIONS. Some of our critics say that a permanent tariff commission would j keep trade constantly disturbed Germany and France have permanent commissions. Has any of our critics ever heard or read that the recom mendations of those commissions ever i unsettled trade over there? I think t do not believe the member of n'- I the present Legislature would be will- We have a right to look for ' in to vote for an appropriation of similar freedom from business de-I a iarf! 8Uni of monev for marble rangement. Manifestly, changes based I wainscoting and other Interior deoo on the report of a board of Impartial, j rations as suggested by the sculptor, capab le men would be likely to he i Tn(,rp ,8 no reason why enlarging logical equitable and honest. On!,h(, pTest,nt hulldlng would destroy Vll 1 .'.r.."rd' chn' y th,the architectural beauty. and the ?TtH.n 5?""."" machinery are ' slmpllolty of Its line. Aa I under- o? nie,-? ied ,bVhl 0", rollln and it. it would be over a hundred ?Ln?i iJ2 h 2 . " C'a.mor f from the n.iw wings to the ilde- naM,Vl. ?e. yh, ,e,?'''r,th' V"yi'lk on three sides, and the HU1. ir ? vnt- foT b?K.Con. remTn '"oro street .ido which faces the Con S mar?.." nd If ,'hem,J?.,VM the , federate monument would not In any tM .h. i r'i'-, ,Why' " v be changed so far aa encroach nromi ee or a tr-d " CO,n" ! merit on the space is concerned. Rn . ! The committee thlt waa appointed ext.n , o . a ier.rUld he L"t"re Invited various iVZTr XTtVc V- f:h" Vand' Vftir'dun0 thus keep business in perpetual un- uZtZlSV: certainty.' This danger would b guarded against by a provision In th. act that a certain stimulated time six or eight months would elapse after the passage of the act before the changes could take effect. Thus trade would have ample time to ad Just Itself to the new conditions. When these adjustments are once made, there will be no necessity for frequent changes. Now let me mention that class of objectors, among whom Is the Ameri can Protective Tariff League, who pre tand that we want the commission to usurn the cnnstlf utlnna I aa.-.i-i nt Congress and frame tariff hills T.-t ma tell you, my friends, that this charge Is based partly on Ignorance ' and partly on malic. lennrance 1 makes it because It he not examin-'maln ed our proposition. Malice makes It because it wants to frame a defec tive tariff, nice the present act. and like all recent iiti. it want. th existing method retained because or the graft that Is in It. or because It wishes to kep the tariff Issue in j politics. We can convert honest Ig- norance. and stand ready to do It. ! But the trickery and diahonestv ' which Is voiced by the American Pro- tertlve Tariff League have he rights : wnion tnis convention (eels bound to, Wilmington. Feb. IT. The Convo respect. ! ration of Wilmington, embrsrlng a . I'.w the situation which con- nurnber of Episcopal parishes In this ... J . 1 congress is to be railed in special session a few week j hence to revise the tariff The Re publican national convention promt d this. Before th election and since, the Republican candidate pledg ed himself to it. For us. therefor, who want honwt. sane tariff revision a tariff adjusted to th existing trade condition, abroad a well at home the time to act Is now. The busln men of the country demand the establishment of a tarlS commission composed of broad gauge. Impartial man, who ar capable ot handling- great enterprise. We want men who. In th interest of the Amer ican people, can think and act In a large way. TJefrire I any farther let me r that the commission could not now do the work quick enough which the tttra ewton.wM b callsd upon to .perform, in a provisional way. Let the extra session mak th crjngi in ine autie wnh'.i lb nenevee to b most urgently and moat immediately needed. then pass a commission bill, and then go home. All thl ought not to tak mere, than-(0 days. Thus th premiss of th platform and the candidate wonld be kept Thu also the business dlstarbances would end speedily. President Taft would then hav an snrly opportunity to appoint the .commission. That body could make th Investigation and collect tb fact on which Congress la the regular session a, year hence, or In a ub- sequent assi'on. could bane the tariff adjustment which the country's busi ness interests, the welfare of its work er and the prosperity of the entire people demand. Our object her to-day is to take the tariff out of partisan politics, and keep it out. In this purpose we feel that we are barked by the great mass of thinking Americans, consum ers and producers A- everybody in fthla hall knows, Hie man who will call Congress in sesslo.i a tea weeks hence stands with us. This convention of representative American business men calls upon our national lawmakers to Insure the country ;m adjustment of the tariff ac cording to the e it mental dictates of patriotism and common sense. .We ask Congress to show the obstruc tionists mai pa'riotisin. even when exerted in tho homely work of pro moting the prosperity of the people, is not necessarily and inevitably un patriotic. By dealing with this busi ness proposition on business princi ples lei t'origress i.oint out to the re actionaries and the Bourbons that common ense Is not quite so uncom mon In the United States of 108 as they might imagine. IMTKOVIXO THE CAPITOL. Correxpondenl Writing From Salis bury Thinks S-nlptor's Judgment as to Arrhitertnre Is Not Entitled to Much Credit Both End of Cap itol In In tin lnlied Condition Beau ty of National Capitol Not Harmed By Building Being Enlarged, and Such Would He (he Case With 'ortli Carolina Mate House. To the Kdito,- nf The Observer: I have read with a great deal of Interest your article of February 14th in reference to what Mr. Ruckstuhl, the sculptor from New York, has had to say. As he In a scluptof and ot an architect I do not think that hts Judgment m entitled to anj more credit than any other professional man s. As I understand the proposi tion, a sculptor s work la used only to adorn and furnish ornamentation lor the architect's conception, there fore he would tvot he competent to criticise from an architectural stand point. It does not take an architect or a sculptor to see that both ends of the ( apltol are in an unfinished condition, there is not even any pro tection to the doorways. the steps do not harmonize with the other two sides of the building, showing con cluslvely to the untrained eye that the builders of the Capitol anticipated adding to the name in future exactly what was done with our national Cap itol at Washington. No one has ever claimed that add ing the two end wings to our nation' al Capitol has taken away from the central feature the symmetry and iirrace that it has always enjoyed. As 1 understand it, the enlargment of the Capitol did not contemplate destroying the present style and treat ment of the building. There la no question In my mind but that this plain, simple Greek style of archi tecture, which has been admired by all, should be maintained in the new portion of the building. In other words, carrying the same style In the new portions of the building.- Using the same quality of granite from the same quarry (and If It were possible we would like to have the same work men ). I am opposed to spending the amount of money that was suggested in beautifying the building on the In terior, using decorative figures, work of sculptors, etc. What the State needs Instead of this la more room and tire-proof protection for the val uable records of the various State offi cers, as well as the State and Supreme Court libraries nd records of other departments T l.L ." "7 . ' "u " Tr' Governor Aycock recommended that the work be done, aa well Governor tllenn. and the opinion Of the comlttce of both houses of the former Legislature waa unanimous in favor of the improvement being made, but on account of the demand for money bv the other State. Insti tutions It was considered wise WotO push the bill. 1 am of the opinion that the ma jority of the people of the 8tat favor the enlarging of the Capitol. making one large, magnificent rwlld ln Instead of building many small buildings around the square, that would nmurally detract from the central feature, While I am :iot opposed to ornate and beautiful, aa well as monumental buildings, I do not think that Our State at present la In a position to carry out the suggestions offered by the sculptor. P- B. BEARD, Salisbury, Feb. 15th, 10. Fr'sconal Convention In Seaoion at Wllmlngton. Special to Th Observer immediate option of th 'n ,PMon here and w ill continue through Thursday night of this week. There t an unusually good' attendance and the visitor are being hospitably entertained. Lat night at the Church Of the fOod Shepherd the opening ervlc wai held, with particularly strong sermon by Rev. I. w. Hughes, of Fayettevllle, dan of the convoca tion. ' Thl morning ther w a celebration of the Holy Communion and a sermon by Rev. Wiutam E. Cox, of Wilmington: a burines meeting this afternoon In the study of Bt. Paul's church. nd to-night evening prayer and ermon by Rev. J. a. Buakte, of Qotdsboro. Officers Cntd Snt nnd Out Who rtd Correepondei C ef Th Observer. Rockingham. Feb. l. It w re ported bar this morning that there w a serioui shooting affair in th Muthrn part of the eounty 1st uun- dy afternoon. Deputy Sheriff c. c. Ohore went down to arrest tn of fender, but had ta return without finding them. Ha uccedd In loeat In th place whr th fight oc curred, and it la evident from 'the quantity of blood ott th ground that some one had been seriously hurt, but the officer waa nnabl to learn th names of those who participated in the fight or any of the details what ever of the affair. IN DEFENSE OF THE SCOTS. COL 31. A. McLean Files Protest Against Whr.t Editor-Represent- live Julian Had to My A boot Hts Fellow-t It liens To the Editor of The Observer "There was a hearing the other afternoon before the )"lnt legislative committee on. counties, i Itiep and towns, and on the Mil t-i create the County of Hoke out of and Robeson, and the hall of House was 'p;kd and Jammed' with j m.n fr,,, Andrew Jackson to Or. parties Interested on one side or the Crum. But the common people as a other. Editor-Peprosentatne Julian, j rul- ar" 80 much Inter. Med in . . 1 the discussion of the abstruse ques- of The felfehun fining Post, writes ; ,, Hg ,,, ,hot, fnflt mle n,ar,y af- his paper f lie nil"'1!!; tha' 'three j fe r the"- dailv lives and the welfare petfconal encounter, six's two over- of the enuntry. For example, they ., . ,w canivt understand the workings of come by the oppressive atmosphere , , . K lour criminal law. Thev would natur- ie the sum of the results to thtslauv sul, ,. ,rat tne purpote of the time.' Icriminal law is to punish crime to When the onm p.-ou bear them- jprote.-t 'he law-al.ldlng citUens against th- evil dee. is of criminals, selves thus unseemly, what can be ex- , Hl writ., tlly wal(.h ,ho prnceP,Hng, p.cted of the Dutcla the Scotch - Irish I of our i-on'ts they are at a loss to and the other lesser iroods without i know how to understand what they the law ."' Observer. Fehruary 14th. see. When our criminal courts are It is my purpose, Mr. Editor. to called (and they are often called), take up, seriatim, thse charges i 'hey find that a sufficient number of against mv compatriots, uhlch. In alliJlirrs has been selected by the omn coi sclence were !-ao enough when M' commissioners to try all the causes only inferential made b mv good 'ha' mav , ome before the court, ami frlcnd Julian, but .vhi' h became in tolerable when miii gi.e them posi- tixeiness of statement I was there Mr Kdltor. T cannot sy magna pars fui for this was a eor-test hetueeo ami unooiL mv oivn people, and I take im the olaymoro on.';' against the saxoti but 1 as there, and am piepared to dispute An.l rfnf our I'harfl First. There werethr-e ,u.reonal altercations Clearly these were among the near-Initch. the Scotch Irisli The S' otch do not have per sonal altercations--- they nght. And who, once a row was started, ever heard ot only three tights where there were rive hundred Scotchmen divided Into three hostile lamps tor there was also a proposition to form the new County of North Robeson '.' Second Nine hats missing Whose hats? If they were Saxon ha'.. I hou. r,li, to .J oerv,.H cm r 1 r h t Tho brave Highland laddies, coming!1' down from the fastnesses ot Km kimn, In Cumberland, and Kali Swamp. In Robeson, marched across the hordi r -neii and marching back agnin. thejie trophies of war wrung from j thft unworthy Haxon But If nine Scotch hats are missing, I wish at once to know who stole 'em, and I call upon the grand mar shal of Raleigh, otherwise known as me cniei o, pome, xu rair ,me cry among the Southrons till the head- gear of my fellow cltlxens and clans men be found. Third. Blxty-tvvo Inkstands over turned. The near-Dutch again The Scots would have flung all the Ink stands In sight, one hundred and twenty, more or ltss. at each other The last and altogether most se rious charge Is that "one female spectator was overcome by oppressive atmosphere." This may be consider ed ffom two points of view: First, that the Inhalations and exhalations of the "atmosphere" by the large crowd present vitiated it; or. second, that the chief disputants exhausted the "atmosphere," created a vacuum, so to speak, arid hence the swooning of the lady. We must suppose that v. i..... i' .v.. . i..i.i ... UIW 1. II I ID UlC I lltll r IIIICIIULU in ba made. Small atmospheric density, we learn. Is to be found farty-nve mile above the earth, and only dla- appears at a distance of about eighty miles, and the bare Insinuation that those bonneted Highlanders, Stephen .oir i Mclntyre and llton McLean and w.kk c e" w.i oorne , o Webb and George Hall consume, so twu eh n t n -tct n vn arftti rrinearl Man. much "'atmosphere," with consequen tial distress of a "female spectator, la not to be borne without protest, which I herewith file. X. A. Jl LEAN. COJEE FORWARD, DEACON A Correspondent Wants Kdltor Hemphill to Sljvie His Position More Fully About His Further Sup port of Bryan. To the Editor of The Observer: In the editorial columns of your Issue of the 12th Inst appears a quo tation from The Chsttsnooga Times to the effect that "The Charleston News and Courier feels sure that Mr. i of fhlB association, nearly all the re Bryan will be nominated the fourth I Hgi ou bodies which met during last time In 191S and announces now In ; fail passed resolutions requesting the order to forestall any suspicions as to present Legislature to change the law. Ita fidelity that If he Is It Is going j i have personally called the attention to support him a fourth time II j of several of the members of the pres aleo Intimates that If the habit of ( pnt Legislature1 to the fact In the nominating Mr. Bryan continues to iase. requesting them to use their 141 it will be there still supporting j efforts to secure a change in the pres him." ' pnt law. What has been done so far That Is all very fine as far as It I I am unable to say, but I have to-day goe. but it doesn't go far enough ' rltUn to several member of the by at least a city block. Le the . Legislature calling their attention to Charleston deacon state further the matter and urging Immediate ac- whtther or not, In the event of this Consumms tlon most devoutly to be wlhed," he expects to again recruit and secure the bulk of his alleged Bryan campaign fund through contrl- ; was Intended to deceive, for it re butlon from North Carolina of Hong (quire very careful reading to discover Kong Ganders snd Large Vat Hens Its real Import. I am sure It was We pause for a reply 'railroaded through In the rush of ' Furthermore, the deacon and his : legislation by ome on who evidently esteemed News and Courier should ' had an ax? to grind. I am persuaded "eeme Out In the open ' and state i also that a great majority of tho without equivocation whether they i physicians and druggists of our State re Taft Democrats or Brvan Pnpu- have been Igjiorant of the law as it erat. That U the burning, the para- now stands, and the knowledge of Ita mount liiue. and It cannot be ohsrur- true character has been known to d by "muddying' the waters'" with 'only a comparatively Jew who have Vigu and haay protestations of loy-: from the beginning ought to protlt alty to the Qreat Commoner, who ! h' 1,9 provisions In th indiscriminate become commoner every day Th:' ' cocaine North Carolina adherents of the Peerless One (who "do an eternal vigil keep" and tome of whom wi re equally faithful to Mr. Cleveland when th Old Man was in charge of th'.- pie-counter the last time and hn fore he had refuted to give em an other slice) do hot Intend to see The Leafier Interests ruthlesslv sa rlflied by th sinister deiigns of posthl 'WJv la hep s clothing." and they bg to tv notice that ihey alii ha th ber-lood of ny iaf pert from South Carolina Of elsewhere who ran prov- an alibi. BO !t th deacon come for ward, take hi tand ml be properly tgged, a hOuld til others who have not been wearing their little w J. B. collars for, lo. these msnv t. JOHN R MYRfiVER Fayettartlle, Feb. 15th, le? German- Americans at Wilmington Celebrate. SpecJal..tA TH Observer. Wilmington. , Feb. IT. The Howard Raltef Company, one of the oldest of Wilmington" social organization. Composed largely of German Amert can. celebrated Its fifty-third anni versary with an elaborate masquerade bait last night In It handsoro club building at Front tnd Orange street. About tO coupta participated, the Bret prisa for th most quaint cos ts ma having gone to Mies gtelltnga, f Charleston, & c.. who portrayed a "Ihitoh girl," and th prise for Jentlemen having been captured by tr. W. B. Schulsr In a typical American cowboy garb. A sumptuou upper wa served at midnight and the affair was voted one of the moat successful given by th club In year. THINGS NOT UNDERSTOOD. ! "Citizen- say There Are seeral I Thing. twut Our Court Procedure Which the Common People Cannot Comprehend, and Light Is Asked. To the r.'f.i t of The Observer As vv . understand It, one of the chief f;.n Hons of the newspaper is to dlsf mlnate Information among the pe.o The editor Is supposed to ; be alwajs ready to settle all oues Cumberiamii11"11. w nei ne r n ue iu u'i iur in-- i 1 - tha e meri'-i if nesr-potry. or to io 1 cate the eH -f hlrthnlace "f oil great these met) hae oeen chosen with re ference to their fitness to serve as Jurors: that Is. to do Justice hetween 'no llu" wnen sn ordinary criminal is oiousni before th i ourt. he Is tried by the ; regular Jury, and In almost every case its decisions are satisfactory. Hut when a despeiate criminal Is brought up, he ig allowed the special prlvl- I'Be uf hax l.ig l..-, new men .ummon- ed from which to select his Jury Now why is this? Why Is he not tried by the regular Jury? Is It a principle l of our law that the worse criminal a man Is the greater privilege he shall have? It looks that way. And another thing that common people cannot understand Is why a Juror should be asked the silly ques tion whether he has any opinion In regard to the case about to be tried. i It Is well known that whenever an !"llu'lu cuoir una vm, ! In less tlinn twenty-four hours, an ac count of It has been published throughout the land from Dan to Beersheba. and every Intelligent man who Is (It to be a Juror Is obflged in nave some opinion nooui ii, mm when a mnn is called up as a Juror the stupid question Is asked him whether he has any opinion about the matter. !f he answers yes. then he is not allowed to sit as Juror. If he answers No. the conclusion is irre- M.,e (nat nB , ,.tnt,r a fool or a : ., I Now, Mr. Editor, If you will write Ian rlltorlMl Aviiliilnlni these things to the comprehension of laymen, you will confer a great favor on thousands of vour readers. CITIZEN'. THAT COCAINE LAW. Charlotte Mlntwter Indebted to Voting Pharmacist For Content and Title of the Bill Speaker Jutrttce Wan Positive It Was Not Passed Atten tion of Religious Bodies aitd Mem bers of Legislature Called to llio Facts In the Case. To the Editor of Th Observer My attention was Urst called to the '.present law regulating the sale of . , w .. : cocaine some time last iiimmer, My , Informant was a repu table physic an , hf' w Penally l""ted In the "1'ter- On lea-nln, he facts from hlm- 1 w'1 " omT ? Mr ' J",' ; wh? , and Inquired erf him the circumstance ' h lBW To " ' "urprta. he , vary positively assured ln(tno 8Uch w haf1 b,,n passed 1 l A casual search through the acts of the last Legislature In hl.i office fail ed to reveal the law. I then Inquired of seversl druggists and physicians, and found they were all ignorant of any such law, and were acting In good fallh under the old prohibitory statute. 1 wa finally Indebted to a young pharmacist who had been coaching students, for the title and contents of tho bill. As soon as I learned Its true charac ter I brought the matter before the Ministers' Association of Oreens- boro Steps at once were taken look ( ng toward the repeal or amendment 0f the present law Due to the effort j tlon. I hope others who are lnterett- ed will take similar action. The law as It now stand Is very shrewdly constructed, and evidently 01. H PETW1LER. POWER PLANT COMPLETED. Fayettevtlle Soon to Get Electric Cur rent From Little River Company. Special to Tre Observer. Favettevllle. Teh. IT. The nower plant of the Little Rlvr Power rom- panv. which has contracted with the niunlclpallty of Fayet'-evllle to furnish -lsctric power for th lighting of the , iti ha been completed, and aa aoori a, the construction of the line to this oity is finished th power will he available. Th plant 1 situated at Manchester, on LIUU river, twelve miles above her. The contract for furnishing the City of FayetUvlllef with electric power In lieu of that being supplied by the municipal plant waa last summer competed for by the Central Caro lina Power Company. ucssors to the Buckborn Power Company, and the Littla River Powr Company, and on the advice of an Uctrlcl engineer ing expert th contract w awarded to tb LlttU River company by the public work commlioh. THE (SECRET OF LOXO LIFE. A French scientist has dlseovered one secret of long life. HI method deals with the blood. But long ego millions at Americans had proved Electric fiuters frolong lifs and make It worth living, t purifies, enrich aad vitalise the blood, rebuild wstd rv nils. im parts Iff sfvd tan to tb crura systsm (t' a gonaend to weak, stek nd debiu tated people. "Kidney trouble bad blight ed my lit for month," writ w. if. Sherman, of Cushing. V., "but Electric Bllters cured m snllrtly."' Only h. at all drugtiata. J WHAT GOVERNOR GIvRNN SAID. bpeech of Former state Executive Was vi Im i.t-i e tl Keported Tliat He Male in MiMtme Just What He Ild Say ljout the Miui,talrt Peo ple of the viilli Mill Mill) "Dia mond In the Rough" Him Only eoi lp . irt ii oil , Tn tie ii'..: -f T'te 'hs rve i sio 111 : . Ii n as :-ep spew h i.i re.-.ai n ! . : Ii tiuns. an! mu M r-o i.v ot it, that I ih .,,i i nd a bo -:t mv too l l'dl:i mi -ir-ptii o had . publisi. this art ii le in v .. i vanl ;, piper, t t he end all ma , jee ru l stiiori I cannot .on''-ie hm an one could think I would, sl.i .ei toe ,ro- pie of oi v own mount i i ue (hose of other ; aa i , 1 1 v 1 1 i . -r or Nor i 'i 1 i : Ifir I'our ;. rs tried . ti in. aa ' es. whi 1 1 ho i rad e erv tty 1 could t' huiid up e.e-v -ox'ion of my Sttftc. I think " r ov ou' of ttu fact thai a Tin. woo never hear 1 my p-c i. took I' se oi. I hind. ami. theretor-". d.'1 not si--- ' . hole, b j only gar o exiracta, a-. 1 f it an in -pression r.ot intendeo. r intaic e, one reporter used thi- l.irmj.te "take the mountain section "mo. ' i.'i"v '. vanla to North i"Hiolina there is an urea ot uCO miles hv ;".u mil--i of mountains, v hlch -ire u,h iloied by i--j;iie who have m v or 1-e-n liuiilis of a school house, h.w n- ec seen a Btble and don t know who ,Iesu Christ Is." N w vi!l -nv sa m.m In North Carolina or an.wheie t be believe I ever made such a statement, when I know that In thi teiti-m -ue thousands of the very best people in the land. What I said was lht In i h i,- Dp.-tinn thAr were thousands of the most refined and highly cull itrd people that could b- found an vv li. i --. but that In the coves and fastnesses of th mountains, far from rai'roads and association with the outside world that tbero had been in the ,ast anil still were many men and women with clear mlniis, noble Instln-t dia monds In the rough who only need e an opportunity to be made the verv lest citizens in the lsnd. because they were pure Anplo-.Saolia. and hail natural Instincts that made Rood citizen. 1 used Illustrations to show this. Anain. the same paper stated that I said that there was almost a much. i not more, vl -e In the stums of our great cities than In the mountain mk -tions. when I said the vice of the slums of our great cities surpassed the vice found anywhere, as unly one out of four made any profession or Christianity. Now. Mr. Kdltor. I took the moun tains of our country as thov once were and showed that in Virginia and North Carolina there were block ade stills. Illicit saloons, where strong drink was sold, Ignorant men and women, with ; mall churches ,n l in efficient schools, presided over by teachers and preachers who were not much better than those they trie to teach. A great many people had not seen a Bible or could read, but that the Christian religion, througi. to days churches, had gone to thej va rious sections, that school housis had been erected, good roads built. Chris tian Influences thrown around them, and that they were fast becoming th very best of our people, showing what an educated 'hrletlanlty would Jo. 1 showed how they had turnsd from the saloons and distilleries to church es, school houses, thrift nd Indus try, anil then plead for more -niuer, more men and women to continue the good work, until all were reclaimed Just as these had been. Did I not speak the truth.' Did there things not exist? Have they not been, to a great extent, corrected and by the mean uggeatei ? Then why should I. not as a politician, but as a man trying to do i-oma aod, be criticised f ir trying to bring mor light and knowledge, not only to the mountain sections, but to th cities and lower sections as well 7 In falr npss. I only ask every dltr In tho State, where I speak, to come out and hear me to see what I have to say, and then h will pick up hi pen, not to criticise, but to commend, and will aid me In trying to build up every nook and crook of our South land wherever to-dny there Is Igno rance and superstition Into sections Inhabited by the very strongest nd best of Kood citizenship. Taking this work I am now doing. It was my earnest prayer to help the people, and I have laid aside every political ..m bltlun, to this end, and. ther. for, beg and ask the aid of audi men as you in my efforts to do this work. Hoping you will give this space in your paper and call attention to It by a few lines In your editorial column. hs you must see what I am trying to do, I am, Bincerely yours. R. B. GLENN, Wadesboro CitUena to Meet and Con sider Charter. Special to The Observer Wadesboro. Feb. 17. A meeting of the citizens of Wadesboro will ho held to-morrow night In the court house to consider the advisability of ask ing the Legislature to enact the law providing for a new charter for tho town. Those who oppose jmrit of the provisions in the charter as it ha been prepared have urged the mass meeting In order that the peoyle of the town could agree on tne charter before, it goes to th Legislature. Mr. Vincent Take a Peep at the lcg is la ture. Raleigh Time. Mr. R. W. Vincent, the managing editor of The Charlotte Observer fell In on the old town Honda j morning, and was busy atiout the legislative halls seeing and learning all he '-,-,uld. Mr. Vincent is one of The Observer's right hand howeiB. one that has never fallen down on anv iisignment. Kmall physically, an 1 not ? strong as some, nut See hlm In lis place snd you find one with a ready p'-r v.e If In the ed iting of news or fie vv'tlng o' a lead ing article. He w.nt to Richmond last night. Fifty Gents a Month A small bottle of Scott's Emulsion costing fifty cents will last a baby a month a few drops in its bottle each time it is fed. That's a small outlay for so large a return of health and comfort Babies that are given Scott's Emulsion quickly respond to its helpful action. It seems to contain just the elements of nourishment a baby needs most Ordinary food frequently lacks this nourishment; Scott's Emulsion always supplies it Hmd thai sJiotlMWtet. fcxtttlMr M ann t SMwr k WMch a aan rave dfw ar tear etiS ta censr sotta. snd we ni ss4 ytm 'XMvptota Hani AtU W rt WorU" a a SCOTT SOWKE, 40 Pd Sue Nswtsrk ' p jyj? MINTTTES LATl) i f i ALL STOMACH DISTRESS COES If Yen Woe Id Take Some Dlapeftatef Now Ml Indignation Would Vanish1 Rid Yourself of Thl Draad! Misery of KcorMt-ta Trouble Forever Kt Yonr FaYortie rjods With out Realizing Yon Havr a Stofruu-h-to nigest Them. The question as to how long you are going to continue to suffer from. Indiges-ion and 9tfmach trouble I merely a oii'ter ot how soon you gin taking Diapepiin If your stomach lacking in dl-: gestlve power, why not help thel stomach 'o do Its work, not withj drasrlr drugs, but a re-entorcement. of digestive ager.tj. such as ar naturally at work in the stomach, j People with weak s'omachs should! eat Dlapepsln after meals, and there will be no mor Indigestion, no fel-i ing like a lump of lead in the stom-j ac.h. no heartbtrrn. Sour risings, Oa on Stomach or Belching of undigested, fod. Headaches, Dullness, or Vomit ing and besides, what you eat will not ferment and poison your breath! with nsusous odors All the rympJ toms resulting from a sour stomach) and dyspepsia ar generally rUe nve minutes after eating one Triangnlaj of Plapepsln Oo to your druggist and get a 6S-i cent rase of Pape's Dlapepsin now,, snd you win alwas go to the table with a heartv appetite, and what you eit will tante good, because youll stomach and Intestine will be clean) and fresh, and you will know thera are not Kulnx to be any more bafl nights and miserable days for yon.' Thev freshen you and make you feel like life Is worth living. Gaatonia t.i Make not her Try at the) C ourt House. Oa.itonU News, lmh .eiiati.r w. T. Love spent Saturday and Sundav at home on buslnes H has Introdu. ed n the Senate a bill providing for an election on th oue tlon of the removal of the county teat from Pallas to ilastonla. Th bill provides for an election to be held In the county the -iih of next August. A BIT OF ADVICE Pino Don't Delay. eeond Don't KxjMTlmeni. If you suffer from backache: head aches or dizzy spells: if you rest poorly and are languid in the mora ng; if the kidney secretions are Ir regular and unnatural In appearance, do not delay. The kidneys are calling lor help, flight symptom of kidney troKble are but fore-runners of mora serious complaints. They should b given attention before It is too late. Doan'i Kidney Pills cure kidney trouble. They are recommended by thousands. Can Charlotte residents desire more convincing proof than the statement of a Charlotte cltlsen who av that the cure Doan's .Kid ney Pills effected year ago ha proven permanent? Mrs. M. J ghsfer. 811 N. Church. St.. Charlotte. N. C. says: "Soma years ago after using Doan's Kidney Pills with beneficial reulta, I publicly recommended them. I willingly confirm mv former statement, as 1 till hava . a high opinion of thl remedy. For years my kidney were disordered and I suffered Intensely from backache, I wa also very weak and lam and, though I was always taking medi cine. I failed to rcelve any benefit and I had about lost all hopes Of vr being cured. Doan Kidney Pllla were at last recommended to m and , procuring a box from R. H. Jordan & Co.-s drug tore, I began their use. My kidney wer strengthened, the backache disappeared and I waa benefited In every way. My advlca to any person afflicted In a similar man ner is to give Doan Kidney Pllla For sale bv all dealers. Price 80 cent. Foater-Mllburn Co., Baffalo, New yiirK, sole ageni lor mr . -Btates. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. Figure It Out For Yourself How much will you accumulator during the next :o years if you sava as little from your Income each year as you put by last year, or during th last Ave years' On the other hand, gamine a sDCClmen copy Of tha Kiultable's new Standard Policy and ee what amount is guaranteed to you, five. ten. tifte.-n or twenty ysar hence. In addition to the life in surance afforded. The small amounts that you now fritter away will pay ;he annual premiums. The K.qultable life Assurance Sodegy of the t'nlted State. Write, 'phone or call W. J. RODDEY, Manager, Kin k Hill, S. C. WM WHITE JollXSOX, Re. Agt, Hunt Hldg., Charlotte, Jf. C. A GOOD RTLE TO FOLLOW la decldihg on where to plaea your ofdef for plumblnf snd hearing work 1 the reliability of the plamber. Tou win find u reliable in esti mate and tn wort Good work al ways, and prlcea th lowest at Which good work can b dene. HAC&XEY BKOS. CO., 'Phone SIS. , ChkM, X. C. j l CAS MTTIN p T
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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