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FRANKLIN TIMES
K. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager
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Fkioay, January 27, 1911/
Tn*T Democratic conference and
banquet at Baltimore was the greatest
ever.
The.Standpatters are still standing
pat, but this congress is the last
stand the old guard can make.
Ai.i. the Republican "dead ducks"
are quite ready to help President
Taft shake the political plum tree.
The output of gold is decreasing,
?and paper is higher in?pries; what
will be used for money in the future?
The House Committee has reported
favorably on the bill to put "near
beer" out of business after March 1.
Tiie stalwart Republicans are
wasting all the time they can to prevent
the Tariff Comtnisston being
passed by Congress.
These squabbles overv United
States Senators" show that the DemoX.
crjtts are awake to their opportuni
ties. Ma; the best man win!
Tft>: Colonel has butted in the
Massachusetts Senatorial contest, and
his first effort was to initiate a new
member into the Ananias Club.
A Tail" on the water wagon may be
a good thing for some people after
the Xmaa festivities; but what a lot
of bad colds are blamed on it!
As we are furnishing all the
money tor the 1'anama "jackpot," |
the foreigners will have to "stay j
out" unless they "put up" the limit, j
The insurgents are not talking
much now, exsept Deveridge, of
course. Do they see the hand writing
oo-the wall that the tariff commission
will not pass the Senate?
The Republican members of the
West Virginia Senate are afraid to]
stand up and be counted when the !
game goes against them and all of I
their artifices have failed.
Having made a gross failure of
its tariff legislation, the Taft Administration
is trying its hand at Reciprocity
with Canada to take place
of the codfish modus vivendi.
Reports coine from Washington
hat President Taft and Past master
General Hitchcock have not been
playing; a square deal with the rnral
free delivery camera.
With the Rhode Island and Dele
Ware legifllfttur^B dwdiwkeii oh the
election of United States Senators,
the Democrats will need only two
more Senators?if the deadlocks
continued to give them a majority
wfien'the next Congress meets.
The bathtubs of marble and onvx
that the spendthrift Republicans in?
stalled in their office building of the
""House of Hepresentativfs are* net to
be sold for oid junk, but the members
of Congress must furnish their
own towels ami s >ap for the sake of
economy.
The Secretary of War telis Corgre.'B
t't at $15,0U0,00U, at least, is
necessary immediately to rush the
fortification ot the Panama Canal.
On the other hand, Chairman Tawney,
of the House Aupiopriations
/ . Committee ,dee* not believe it is
necessary. So ' there >ou have it;
war or peace, whichever yon like. '
: Oil, no, the Steel Trust md the
^ -rViff*) i "' * * *>
...--f-'Sto-1 manufactures could no!, of
bourns, agree to maintain price.; but
ailigularly enom?h they ?1o co nbine
somehow, perhaps through auto-suggeelion,
for Judge Gary, the head of
the steel trust, ssye: "Understand,
we do not a'/iy-e to maintain prices,
because ,?e are not able td do so.
We merely suggest"
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Pones Justice Stronaoh rendered |
his decision in the trialof the Standard
Oil Co., for a violation of the
Auti-Trust law, Monday in which he
eays the Company is "not guilty",
on every count. There is evidently
something wrong?the law, the
oourt or the Company. From the
evidence introduced it was very'
clear that it was the sole object of
the Standard to put t'10 price of oil
at such a figure that nobody else
could compete with thera for the purpose
ot getting rid of all competition
so that they could raise their prices
without interference, which they did,
and now they have been tried and
sot found guilty. The verdiot will
ne received with much surprise by
by the people at large all over the
State.
A Prohibition Discovery
i " If that Kngliah?chemist, named
: Overbeclf ,ia oorrect in his anuounce|
nient that he has discovered the
secret of making alcohol without
fermentation, it will allow all of us
who wish to do so, to make our own
booze. No wonder the soda fountains
are so crowded, far corbonic
acid gas is the agent that products
I alcohol, and the prohibitionists evidently
have been drinkiug tntcxi|
catiug liquors without knowing it.
Near beer in the future will be
| strong ale, and malted milk will be
! Ulilk DUnch. nt? wh**n aivtu
carbonic acid gas U added.
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Republican Standpatters
What a popular program for Ugfislation
President Tatt and the ReI
publican majoritv in Congrese are
attempting! First, ship subsidy,
which nine out of ten people object
to; second, a Tariff Commission,
which is expensive aad worthless,
because the Democratic House of
Representative?which is the only
body that can under the constitution,
originate tariff legislation?is
hardly likely to take advice from a
commission appointed by and under
the control of a Republican President;
third, fortification of the Pana
ma Canal, which most people regard ,
as unnecessary, tor most nations
would join in declaring' the canal
' neutral territory iu case of war.
while others think that better pro I
tection could be obtained through;,
the United States Navy.
Thus, while there are many bills
of national importance pending, tbey
will evidently be forced out of the
way for the Taft program, and probably
but little, if any, legislation
other than the appropriation bills
will be passed at this session. The |
republican .program is certainty a
. stand pat one.
The Taxation Issue
I It is well to remeo^er that all the
talk about "taking the tariff eut of
politics" is sheer nonsense as long as
the Constitution of the United
States exists as the supreme law,
and there is a House of Representatives
to carry oat the law. The
constitution proviaes^ triffTf "All !
hills for raising revenue shall originate
in the House of Reprssenta|
tives, but the Senate may propose or I
concur with amendments as on other j
| bills-" ?3.
As long, therefore, as our law- j
j makers are divided on party lines,1
' and partisanship so greatly influence j
legi-lution, it is impossible to take
the raising of revenue by duties on
imports out of politics. The only
way that the taritr, which is one way
, of raisii.:. revenue, can be taken out
; of | artisan politics is for tho people
to dec a House of Ilepresenlativcs"
in which ell the members are in favor
of one-side of the tariff issue;
thaHis, ail {or a tariff for revenue
joitiy, or ail for a tariff f-.r
protection; or nil for no tariff or.
| imports v hut for other forms of taxation.
However, such unanimity
j could iiardly occur.
Therefore, the tari'r'is-me w'll'al!
ways be with us until Congress aool
i
! ishes our custom houses, ami rej
sorts to a direct tax or other foms
ot taxation. There is, of course, tne 1
possibility that the Constitution
may he' amended sometime in the
future so as to enlarge the taxing,
power of Congress, hut practically, j
it ts-'almost impossible to change the I
taxation clause!of the constitution as
long as this conntryws under party I
government, end the fcwe partiei
are ao wide apart on the tariff issue
All the talk of taking the tarif
issue out of politioe is but intends!
to befog the tariff issue, and to tr:
| to fool the people inte allowing then
selves to still be tariff-plundered h;
I taxing the many for the benefit o
the few.
What do You Enow?
[ Uow abeiit the aohool-houaes u
your town? What sort of a olass
room ia provided for your son 01
I daughter to work in, five or six houri
per day? Do you know whethei
fresh air is admitted or prohibited
in that room? Do. you know wheth
er the room is properly ole'uned 01
is it germ-laden with sweepings?, -di
there regular medical ami dental examination
in your schools?or dou'l
you know? And it you don't know
why, don't you know?
Why do you watch your child's
scholastic progreaa, as shown in
weekly or monthly reports from the
teacher, and neglect to aak what care
is given to his body from 9:00 to
1'2:00 and from 1:30 to 3:30, five
days each week?
If you heard that little Jimmy
Brown, who sits at the desk next to
your son, was carrying diptheria
germs from the bedside of his sick
father into that class-room, you
would be the first to appear before
the city physician or board of health
to tile a complaint. Well, Jimmy's
father has a disease just as infectious
?tuberculosis?and Jimmy Brown
is carrying into that close, unventilatsd'
classroom tuberculosis geruis in
his clothing.
Why don't you do something to
prevent such daugerous contact for
your boy?
Why don't you demand in your
M^lrn notification and registration for
the father and fumigation and segregation
for the son? What right
have you, as an intelligent father
or mother, to let your child take such
chances?.
These are straight-from-theshouldc-r
questions which you, as a
parent, should consider and answer.
They contain the leason for physical
examination of school children. This
does not work a hardship on the few,
and it does save the many, letter
that the school hoard of your town
he forced to spend a few dollars eaoh
month for a class of segregated tubercular
children than that your
children and a score of other healthy
children should he infected with the
White Blague.?Selected and Contributed.
The above article will apply In
good many cases, but we are glad to
say that the School Trustees in
Louisburg have mastered a good
many of these troubles. However
they agree that everybody should
know these things and they have repeatedly
given special invitations to
ine patrous in Liouisbnrg to visit the
schools and see for themselves what
is being done. And there is no
doubt but that they would appreciate
any ?ugge?tiou that would tend to
more UtUlly pei feci aiij uf thieo
preventions.
NEW LAWS TO DATE(Continued
From First Page)
contend that it is a meritorious measure
in that it will serve to give the
pe?ple of that section a better outlet
an I inlet, and diet instead of being
financially burdensome on the Stat ,
it will b? a source of profit.
Th.r^ are many important u.oas11
rt-s p. ii'ling and likely to con?cw'up
atari e.nv date. Among these ji^e
SeiiifcTo'* l5*i\?lenVbiH-f??r a Statft\adininif
U-Hi.n building; Major (fiahanrs
f?,r a bond issue to finance ail
appropriations that have been or may
hereafter be inftdej Senator
good's* to in or/use tjie s.il-'.iy o.t the
A iji.tant General, and Senator !?"V-I
>n's i r t lie aj>;-oint:u?stii of a Suih
highway department C> mo vide f??r
bnierroadn thrdugho * 'he Stab.
A bearing bv the c monitte'J <?n
th ; o urstion of ^iialdip ing 1'icd.
ho nt county is set for tim-31st instant.
The Public Jhii'dings and
Grouads Comiuitlap . will be given
a hearing on the question of an administration
building, on Thursday
evening, the 20th inst'jul, and it- is
planned that the Agricultural ComCcyinnittee
will lie present al*o.?
Tuesday's Mews Observer, Raleigh.
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