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1" St-":'. Is 'jbHome Newspaper Published in the IntereffiePeopxe and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs. Bn WtttCTI VOL. VI NO. 36. Salisbury N . C.f We ay, August 24th, 1910. Wm. H. Stewart, EorroRi Tie ROOSEVELT AN INSURGENT CANDIDATE, Tariff, Tf&ts, and Increased Manei Sup- ply Causes for tha High Cost of Llring. By Olyde H. Tavenuer, ipecial Washington correspondent of this newapaper. Washington, Ang. 22 The American people will recall that Senator Henry Cabofc Lodgfl's prioe investigating committee found that no part of the 58 per cent, increase in the cost of living in this country in the last 10 years was due to the tariff. Political economists all over the land were sorely puzzled at the report. The phenomenon can now be explained. The report of the minority of the committee, re cently published, hows that the Republicans made no serious at tempt to ascertain whether the tariff was responsible or not. Lis ten to this extract from the min ority report : - V "In examining the witness we (the committee) soarctly touched upon the territory of the highly protected commodities Lodge, who helped irame the Payne-Aldrich bill and takes the positiou that the ultimate con sumer is a myth, saw to it that the investigations were coufined almost exclusively to foodstuffs aud cotton, and to the production, distribution and cost to the con ; Burner of wheat, corn, beef, mut ton and hog products, of which commodities the United States produces a large psr cent, of the world's production r and which we export in enormous quantities. As to these articles it may be sup posed that, when freed from the lufluenoe of trusts and monopo lies, the tariff should not cut a figure except that it increases the cost of their production. Do you see the point, Mr. Con sumer? Lodge had been assigned by Senator Aldrich to make a re port, obviously for campaign pur poses which would absolve the tariff from all blame in connection with the awful increase in the cost of living under our system of excessive protection. Lodge evi dently concluded that the safest way to accomplish this end would be to avoid asking any questions of witnesses concerning the ad vances in the prices of highly pro tected articles, such as the pro ducts of the sugar trust, the steel trust, the havester trust and the lumber trust, all of which contri bute heavily to the Republican campaign fund. The Lodge report gave fifteen reasons for increased prices, and found that the tariff was "no ma terial factor." This repoxt is being used by the men who voted for the Payne-Aldrich bill in the hope it will prevent them from being retired to private life. TARIFF INCREASES PRICES. Senators Johnston of Alabama, Clarke of Arkansas, and Smith cf South Carolina, the minority members of the Lodge committee, find that the three substantial causes for increased prices are : 1. Tariff. 2. Trusts, combines and mo nopolies. 3. Increased money supply . . Owing to the tactics of the Re publicans in avoiding highly pro tected articles, the minority mem bers found themselves "without sufficient data to apportion the degree of responsibility between these three causes," but state "that the two first are the chief malefactors we have no doubt ; and they are of our own creation or permission." y A CAMPAIGN CANARD. "Taft will no longer co-operate with Cannon, Aid rich, and Balin ger is to be retired." This is the gist carried by the Associated Press, and obviously inspired by Repubhoan campaign managers. The information must be accept ed as nothing more than a ruse . The Republican campaign manag ers played the same trick on the public in the last presidential elec tion. The rumor was quietly start ed that candidate Taft did not ap prove of speaker Cannon. The inference was strong that Taft would not stand for Cannon as speaker r This -false rumor un mistakably helped Taft in the In surgent districts. Immediately after Taft was m angnrated an attempt was mada. to defeat Cannon at speaker. The combined Democrats and iniurg gents wooldhave accomplished this end had not the President used all the resources at his command to perpetuate Cannon as speaker. Taft is not going to read Can non and Aldrioh out of the (party because Aldrioh and Cannon (and the special interests they repre sent) will not permit the Presi dent to have a renomination if he tries it. Mr. Taft . knows which side his bread is buttered on. Furthermore, there is no reason fcr discord. Taft, Aldrich and Cannon, and Ballinger, too, are all working to the same end. Their views are in harmony on big questions- No newspaper man oan be here in Washington, and know his business, and not know that Taft, Adlrich and Cannon are consolidated in a great politi cal firm, and that this oligarchy has never had any serious dissen sion. The three men are constantly paying 9ach other complimets . It was just a short 1 while ago that Taft eulogised Aldrich to the skies, and referred to "Uncle Joe" as being in the Abraham Lincoln type of statesmen . . Taft, Aldrioh and Cannon, and especially Taft and Aldrich, can have no break. They must sink or swim together. BOOSEyELT V8. TAFT . Roosevelt will not endorse Taft or the Payne-Aldrich law, in the opinion of the writer. There nev er has been any doubt of this point in my mind, and I have expressed this repeatedly iu dispatches since March 4, 1909. But Roosevelt will endorse Lodge, tool of Aldrioh and special Senate representative of the tariff trusts, railroads aud other New England corporate in terests. Nor do I expect to hear of Roosevelt campaigning for such genuine progressives as La Polotte Roosevelt is playing for the presidency, and iB jealous of LaFollette's popularity. At this stage Taft appears to stand a bet ter chance of hauling down the next Republican presidential nomination than does T. R. This is because Taft stands right with the corporate interests of the United States, and they control absolutely the Republican ma chine. Roosevelt was turned down in New York because the machine politicians know that Roosevelt is to be an insurgent. They feared that if they permit ted him to be even a tamporary chairman he -might take advan tage of the opportunity to weaken machine rule. The fight may be expected to be intensely interest ing from now on. Keep a good, eye on the political ohecker board, because a few intimations may be let drop which may show who is really in control of the govern ment of this country. what's this ? The Payne-Aldrich law is not now bringing in sufficient revenue to run the government, reports from the Republican press bureau to the contrary notwithstanding. The tariff law, the corporation tax, internal revenue receipts, and all other Bources of revenue, com bined, failed by$3,014,842.87ofpro ducing sufficient funds to run the government during the first teen days of August. six The 'Best Hour of Life is when you do some great deed or disccvpr some wonderful fact. This hour came to J. R'. Pitt, of Rocky Mt , N. C, when he was sufferiug intensely, as he says, "from the worst cold I ever had, I then proved to my great satis faction, what a wonderful cold "and cough- cure Dr. King!s New Discovery i. For, after taking one bottle, I was entirely cured. You can't say anything too good of a medicine like that." Its the surest and best remedy for dis eased lungs, hemorrhages, la grippe, asthma, hay fever, any throat or lung trouble. 50o $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed bv ; an druggists. JAPAN ANNEXES KOREA. Heatfs of the Reigning Family Will be Made Princes of Japanese Kingdom, Tokio, Aug . 21. Within a week the "Hermit Kingdom" and the Empire of Korea will becomes his torical terms, twelve millions of people will be added to the pop ulation of Japan and territory as large as England will become part of the Japanese Emperor's do minions. The treaty of ports south which settled the war be tween Japan and Russia provides that Japan shall have the "guid ance, protection and control" of Korea and tha last stage of this agreement is now becoming an actuality after three years of ex perimenting to discover a practi cal method for conserving the national entity of the Korean pe ninsula. The Privy Council of Japan to day was summoned to inset at 10:30 o'clock tc-morrow morning and this is regarded by. well-informed persons asractically the signal to complete the negotiations between Lieutenant General Te rauchi, the Japanese resident general in Korea, and the Emper or of Korea and . his scabinent, whioh have continued fcr a full week. While the negotiations are shrouded in absolute official si lence, there no longer can be any doubt that the Korean Emperor has agreed to sign a convention by which, in view of the untenable conditions pertaining, he and his government and people consent t-: the absolute control of Korea by the Emperor and government of Japan. To-night extra editions of the newspapers say the convention alt ready has l-een signed, bat wheth er or not this be some announce ment is expected shortly after the meeting to-morrow of the Privy Council. This probably will in clude the official proclamation of the conclusion of the convention of annexation unlesB all the prog nostications of well-informed per sons are incorrect. The Yi dynasty in Korea has lasted 518 years, seven branches of the family remain, and the hrads of these will be given rank as princes.. A number of other Korean officials will be elevated to the Japanese nobility. Throughout the negotiations the mass of the Koreans have been kept ia entire ignorance of what has been transpiring. The news- censorship is complete and Jap anese newspapers have not been permitted to be sold in Korea. It is rot believed, however, that annexation by Japan will involve disturbances in any section of Korea, which is thoroughly po liced. How Roosevelt Was Sit on and Who Did It. ftii&tra,es, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., is tbe&aifwho has deliber ately sit down on ex-President Roosevelt. Mr. Barnes is the chairman of the executive com mittee of the Republican State committee of New York, and re cently led the forces that admin istered to Theodore Koosevelt the most vigorous political rebuke he has received in fifteen years. It was Barnes, who moved at the meeting of the State committee a few days ago that Vice President Sherman be selected aB temporary chairman of the Republican Qtate convention to meet at Saratoga next month. Chairman Griscom of the New York county commit tee opposed this, presenting the name of Colonel Koosevelt in stead. Barnes marshalled his for ces and bid little trouble in beat ing the former President. He is known ad one of the most aggres sive machine men in the State and has fought Governor Hughes "tooth and nail." He makes no secret of his enmity and politi cians predict that he is the com ing chairman of the State com mittee, and will be a prominent "Preside at maker," the same as his prototype, Thurlow Weed was years ago. 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Lyinj& far from the track was tbe Smith, with his an unrecognizab engineer Jmashed to iass aud the right leg crushedpi The body presented a terrilesight and was viewed witn shudA.ty hundreds of pepple. . -'Pioipg between the engine and tep4e,ifShi9 passenger train was vfiremi fp:ha Hodge, with his legs crnseJ and scalded by escaping st'ea-l Bravely he watched the frauw efforts of the rescuers, as fej. nr; than three hours they labored trying to ex tricate him from t'elrreck, which was accomplish- aout twenty minutes passed :eleen o'clock. He was hurried ' rie hospital uuc sne snocsj wio. loss of blood was too a drain upon him anddelth j a m e t o his relief shoftljpifi reaching the hospital. 1 -'' Passenger trftifilfo was forty-rive minutes la ylaterday ev ening. EngibeerpSmlth, doubt less thirikinghiB apienty of time to inn his lagifM'into the siding, where ?t yj at night started but to. Ifcbe IJwifM. When just outside ihe yimits and within a quarter freights of a milo of. fch sid iiEt'ti.xaet'-. the incoming passengeltf aj! It is supposedth.'t wflsen Engi neer Smith saw tti ppfenger he reversed his engineiusefore the orash, for the enefSe, lirinus the cab, which had brjn Ijompletely demolished, ran baji-trds the city for about a qutr3lf a mile. The body of Mr; SiitiMas found a few feet from; teack in a teiribly mangled poiiiion', his head having be5h ruilbed to a pulp and tht left le' almost mash ed off . It is sai t&t'?piece of his skull almost $g jfarge as a man's hand was foi:riear the wreck this mornij&g-i When the crash cni Fireman John Hodge, of he passenger train, was caught bfewtj6 the en gine and the tended IJbich was grooved together 'ibttr-terrible force of the collisio 3oth legs were pinned fas'fjyiipr appear ing above the wreck;ge$ .The re's cners used every "min- t their command to extttcaf&hm, while hundreds of people 'ItoiMi around and watched the Worfj ?leing un able to render assistcl j t An en gine was sent frotn rds and hitched to- the - welSei locomo tive and an attempt aato pull it from the tender to'' release Mr. Hodges' imprisoned ui1)s. .The puffing of the engine tKe sound of axes and the hitfa 0 tN escap ing steam created a ee whioh will linger long in; t ljinds of those wno were 'present. yThrough it all Mr. Jiodges ssV tnre dis playing nerve -and -u age that has seldom been wit&tie I around here . His leg8,besldr tejing hor ribly crushed, w.ere fiinoPt roast ed by the escaping" safit. . . . ' , After working fot sfreni hours one leg was gottejwffeff'bf the wreckage, but the otrjril l Jinained fast. By chopping wjh f"xes, us ing jacks and the assftta& ief the wreoking crew', enduglW' n Rear ed so that by trimttriio) &5 por tion of the flesh the 6ilef4ej was extricated. The injtied usti was hurried to Rex Hospi.1 Hbt died soon after nriyirr.4Raleigh Timo A nrrnof. 1Qfch f ' 1 A&UgUOV J-V WU. A Cold Is not necessarily, sWii&Bjprovid-; ed it is taken care of.-. Is is fre- quently the starting ioiut of many dangerous diseaJesl When it comes use Dr. Bedhi iJlne-Tar- I Honev . Look for titrelon the B bottle. - -Vir.V." " " A.- ' I i BLAIR 6ETS NOMINATION. Winston Man Did Not Want To Take It. Owi County Agalnsf Him. Greensboro, Aug, 20. The fifth congressional district republican convention here this afternoon nominated by acclamation D. H. Blair, of Forsyth county, for con gress, to appose the democratic nominee, Major Chas. M. Stedman of Guilford. It required over two hours caucusing before the con vention was called to order to get delegates in line for this result. Many insisted that Morehead, the present congressman, and recent ly elected chairman of the state committee should assume the bur den of trying to defeat Stedmau. Morehead obstinately fought the nomination, having to help him every officeholder in the dis trict. Morehead having won this pMnt was determined that H. E. Blair, attorney, of Winston, should be the nominee. Blair is the supervisorof the census of this district, having at Morehead's re quest of Taft displaced as Dun- appointee, Prof. GIosbod. ot oan s Durham The Forsyth delegation positively refused to nominate Blair. Reynolds and Holton per sisted in withdrawing Morehead as candidate and insisted on Blair. Alamance nominated Morehead. His private secretary, Grisson, and Postmaster Reynolds induced he withdrawal of the nomination and perjuaded Alamancj county to name Blair. Surrv and Rock- ngham oounties seconded hit nomination, and it was made by acclamation. Blair, infuriated by hiB own county opposition, be hind the scenes, swore he would not accept, but Holton, Reynolds, and Morehead, by almost person al violence, marched him to the front, and he accepted the nomi nation, and making a big and evi dently prepared stand-pat high protection speech, indicating thai trehig a Quaker he had stood ab solutely with the Joe Cannon poli cies, and, at the same time, with the r Taft policies. Postmaster Reynolds, by resolution seconded by district attorney Holton, se cured the adoption of a resolution aundatory cf congressman More- head and President'Taft's record. Following the congressional con vention, the delegates to the judi cial convention of the ninth dis trict were called to order by W. P. Ragan, cbirman, to nominate candidates to oppose the demo cratic nominee aud present incum bent, S. M. Gattis, of Orange. Clifford C . Fraiier, of Guilford, m was unanimously nominated by aoclamation, without protest, contest or opposition, ' Annexation to United States Advocated by Canadian. Antigomsh, N. S., Aug. 19. Annexation of Canada to the United States was to-day advocat ed in an address by Henri Bour assa, M. H., the nationalist lead er of Quebeo, before tha summer school of science of St. Francis Xavier College. The speaker dwelt at length with te fcur pos sible destiniesjf Canada, namely : Remaining in the position in which she is at present, which he regarded as very improbable ; im peril federation which would be an unwieldly and unworkable condi tion ; annexation to the United States, and independence. "Imperial federation, means an imperial council with a prepon derant. British influence," said Mr. Bpurassa. "Conditions to day in Canada make for annexa tion rather than for imperial fed eration. The penetrative influence of trade by rail and costal lines, the meatal propensity of the two peoples living under the same or similar conditions, industrial and social, the constant intercommun ication of Canadians and Ameri cans are all powerful factors mak ing for annexation;" Struck a Rich Mine. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he struck a perfect mine of health in Dr. King's New Life pills f or they cured him of liver and kidney trouble after 12 years of suffering. They are the Best pills on earth for constipation, mala ria, headache, dyspepsia, debility. 25o at all druggists. ' FIRE SWEEPS VAST AREA. Probably Two Hantfrei Fire FlgMers and Lumbermen Hare Perished In Flames. Missoula, Mont., Aug . 21. Mercilessly and relentlessly the forest fires in western Montana and Idaho are sweeping oyer ! a vast area, driving hundreds of fu gitives before them into dismal settlements and wiping out of ex istence millions of dollars worth of property. The situation tonight is more serious than it was' in the early morning, except as to Wallace, Idaho, where it is believed that nearly half of the city will be sav ed. .West of there a hard fight is being made, and with an improve ment in the water supply there is more chance that the flames may be driven back. For a few min utes this afternoon, The Daily Missoulan's reporter at Wallace had a wire. He summarized the situation as follows : "Thirteen lives have been loBt; property loss one million ; nrer reateDmg- jLisewuere iu me are zone Tue situation has gone from bad to worse. The most serious incident is reported from the St. Joe coun try,, where 180 men engaged in the forestry service are missing and it is feared they have been burned. When the fire approached the camp where there were 200 men, two of the fighters took a horse and riding the animal to death, reached another camp and order ed a rescue party, which penetra ted the fire at Bird Creek. Eighteen of the men were found in the water, where they had gone for safety and they were unharm ed. Of the remaining 180 no word has been received. The forestry service has organ ized a relief train well equipped with pack animals, carrying pro visions and hospital supplies, and will endeavor to get through the fire. About a thousand refugees have been brought into Missoula to day. There is much distress among them. Their wants are being supplied by Missoula peo ple and tbeyjiave been given tem porary homes. Local hospitals are caring for the sick. Another train with 500 persons on bcai d is expected over the Chi cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway. A dense pall of smoke hangs all oyer eastern Montana. In Mis soula it was as dark as midnight at 5 o'clock, the dense smoke giv ing a lurid hue which had all the semblance of the glow of fire but which was probably due to the sun. The town of Taft, near the Ida ho line, was destroyed tby fire be fore daylight this morning. Sal tese, just below Taft has been abandoned by its inhabitants and Deborgia is threatening and one man is missing. At St, Reg's the fire has crossed the river and threatens outlying buildings. Vaughan is reported to be de serted. The area covered is rough ly estimated at a hundred miles square. There is a probability that there has been serious loss of life as there are camping parties and lumbermen all through the moun tains aud the fire may have come upon them while they slept iast night, or they may have been awakened this morning to find themselves cut off. Life on Panama Canal has had one frightful drawback malaria trouble that has brought suffering and death o thousands. 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He is more inclined toward this view since the New York State Republican State committee, in which Bosses Woodruff and Barnes, and consequently the standpat faction, have a majority, turned him down for temporary chairman of the Republican State convention by a vote of twenty to fifteen . Nor have the primaries recently held in various Western States, besides the almost unpre oendented Democratic victories in the Brockton, Mass., and Roches ter, N. Y., districts with few exceptions, overwhelming stand pat defeats at the hands of the voters been such as to deter him,: If some reports may be believ- ' ed, Colonel Roosevelt will not, only declare for the insurgents but will energetically uphold the radi cal wing headed by senator La Follette. His expected pronounce ments include advocacy of the initiative, referendum and recall (for State officers), the Oregon plan explicitly as well as virtually taking election of United States Senators from Legislatures, physi cal valuation of railroads, and lastly, railroad rates directly made by government experts in event that present legislation does not prove satisfactory. It is rather lesB confidently said that he will advocate recall of Federal judges a proposal which would outrage the conservative senti ment of the country without re gard to party and would, in our opinion, justly defeat his whole campaign even-, if hex tt&tw :x other objectionable features. But we cannot in fairness blame him for declarations which he has never made and may never have intended. Within a week he will begin his Western trip, speaking with sufficient fulness for himself. If Colonel Roosevelt does take an openly insurgent position, not mentioning President Taft but by implication condemning him, im portant results of some kind will certainly ensue. Among the re mote responsibilities is a Roose velt presidential candidacy in 1912. But whatever may happen, it will all have probability prck ceeded, if Assemblyman Hart speaks truth, from the suppres sion by Vice President Sherman of a telegram from President Taf o urging that Colonel Roosevelt be named temporary chairman and a harmony program put throvgh. Every reader of history knows th trick by which Bismarok precipi tated the Franco-Prussian war. . Can it be that similar though les discreditable action Vice President Sherman's part has precipitated political oonsequences of tho gravest nature? Charlotte 0' -server. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they crv not reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one wa y to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. 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