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THE WAR TAXES
The administration is to be com
mended for its decision to impose
stamp taxes, similar to those of Span
ish War times, rather than a special
tax on freight. The plans for taxa
tion, as agreed to in the Democratic
caucus, include a stamp tax on com
mercial and legal papers, and special
taxes on banks, brokerage houses, the
atres and other places of amusement
taxes which were applied during1 the
Spanish War. There will also be a tax
of two cents a gallon on gasoline, and
special taxes on tobaco manufactur
ers and dealers, and on domestic
wines and beer. It is estimated that
$105,000,000 will be obtained from
tnese various sources $35,000,000
from the stamp tax; $5,SOO,000 from
bankers and brokers; $4,000,000 from
tobacco; $32,000,000 from beer; $20.
000,000 from gasoline, and $8,000,000
from wines.
In reverting to the stamp tax of the
Spanish War, the Democrats showed
both wisdom and ability to follow the
good example set by another party,
for it was the Republican party which
In 1808, devised the stamp tax system
which worked so well and was so pro
ductive of revenue. The value of a
stamp tax is that it is direct. The
fallacious theory which attracted sup
porters of the proposed tax on freight
was that the cost would be distribut
ed. Even so, but by this very distrib
ution it would be multiplied many
times, and the burdens much increas
ed. A stamp tax also ought to pro
duce results more quickly than
freight tax, and with less expense of
collection. The Democratic members
of Congress were divided on the ques
tion and for a time a break between
Conpress and the President seemed
possible.
These special taxes will, of course,
be imposed only as long as war con
ditions make them necesasry. They
should be regarded as burdens to be
borne only until the ordinary revenue
of national government is restored
It will be noticed that the burden of
taxation rests on tobacco, wines and
beer a total of $44,000,000. The re
maining portion of the $105,000,000
total will be divided among various
sources. The stamp tax is the heavi
est single item, but it will be more
easily borne and more easily removed
than a tax on freight. An agreement
having been reached in Congress,
these extraordinary taxes will proba
bly soon be imposed. Indianapolis
News.
MR. BRYAN'S PEACE TREATIES
The United States has signed peace
treaties with Great Britain, France,
Spain and China. The contracting par
ties agree to submit all disputes to
investigation by a permanent commis
sion during a period of one year be-
iore declaring war.
The step is a wise one. Treaties ae
not absolute, but they are highly ner
suasive. They may be broken when it
comes to a test but generally they
hold good. I hey do not afford a cer
tain guarantee of peace, but at least
they make for it powerfully.
inese treaties provide a means
whereby hasty action may be prevent
en, cue consideration oi the issues
had, excited national feeling given
chance to subside and a peaceable so
lution aided.
At this moment there is available no,
better method of assuring peace to
the United States than the conclusion
ot such treaties. The provisions of
them are so reasonable that a viola
tion by one of the contracting parties
is most improbable.
These treaties practically insure our
neutrality during the present Euro
pean war. Our points of contact are
chiefly with the allies, because of
their control of the seas. And points
or contact imply the possibility of
quarreis.
By pledging ourselves to submit all
our disputes with England and France
to a permanent commission and to
concede that commission a year for
investigation and report we have plac
ed a barrier against war that both
sides appreciate and will be only too
willing to respect.
Mr. Bryan will no doubt find his
efforts to negotiate a similar treatv
with Germany facilitated by the sign
ing oi mese treaties, uermany will
not fail to note that these treaties
leave us free to become quickly in
volved with her but not with her en
emies. The great question of ir.Fur:n
peace between the nations needs a
deeper, a more radical solution than
these arangements given. But half
a loaf is better than no bread. We
must take the thing immediately
available, while steadily pursuing the
ideal. The Chicago Herald (Ind.)
CLEANSES YOUR HAIR
MAKES JTBEAUTIFUL
It Becomes Thick, Wavy, Lustrous
and all Dandruff Disappears Hair
Stops Coming Out.
Surely try a "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" if you wish to immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
moisten a cloth with Danderine and
draw it carefully through your hair,
taking one small strand at a time; this
will cleanse the hair of dirt, dust, or
any excessive oil in a few minutes
you will be amazed. . Your hair will
be wavy, fluffy and abundant and pos
sess an incomparable softness, lustre
and luxuriance.
Besides beautifying the hair, one ap
plication of Danderine dissolves every
particle of dandruff; invigorates the
scalp, stopping itching and falling
hair.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. It goes right to the roots,
invigorates and strengthens them. Its
exhilarating, stimulating and life-producing
properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful.
You tan surely have pretty, soft,
lustrous bair, and lots of it. if you will
just get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or
. toilet counter and try it as directed.
IF CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVERISH AND SICK
Look, Mother! If Tongue is Coated,
Give "California fyrup or rigs.
Children love this 'fruit laxative,"
and nothing cleanses the tender stom
ach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is.
they become tightly clogged witn
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't cue,
sleep, or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, ha? core throat,
stomach afhe or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a tesapoonful of "California Sy
niD of Figs,'" ami in a few hours all
the corstipated waste, sour bile and
unc'igerred food passes out of the S"s-
tem, and you have a well, piayiul rniui
a am.
Millions of mothers give "California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it nev
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
tle of "California Syrup of Figs,
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages, and for grown
ups plainly printed on the bottle. Get
the genuine, made by California rig
Syrup Company." Refuse with con
tempt any other kind.
POLITICAL NOTES
Maine's remitation for road, hard
Yankee common sense 5s safe.
Only a few log-rolling politicians
are kicking against the war tax.
9
The Progressive rank and file has
evidently reached the conclusion that
the progressive thing to do is to line
up with a real progressive Woodrow
Wilson.
And now comes Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, and Smoot, of Utah, sur
vivors of that notable political era
when certificates of deposit nestled
under Senatorial dinner plates, fan
ning the air with charges of "graft
in the river and harbor bill. Why, the
word was invented when they were
running the government.
W7ith Gallinger and Smoot officially
on the job as watchdogs of the Treas
ury, the total annual budget of the
Government rose from $765,000,000
in 1906 to $1,028,000,000 1910. Last
year, under Democratic rule, the ex
penditures were $1,098,000,000. The
present total for the current fiscal
year, exclusive of the river and harbor
bill, is $1,089,000,000. Increase under
four years of Republican administra
tion $250,000,000! Increase since the
Democrats have controlled one or both
branches of Congress $70,000,000. If
the Gallinger-Smoot combination had
remained in the saddle, it is reasona
ble to suppose that they would have
maintained the same percentage of
yearly increase. So the Democratic
administration has already saved the
country something like $300,000,000.
As for the general totals for appro
priations, they have remained so high
largely because of obligations burden-i
ed onto the government by the pre
ceding Republican administration. But
the reckless waste of the govern
ment's money by the corrupt Cannon
and Aldrich machines has been check
ed effectively.
It is quite clear that the assault up
on the river and harbor measure, now
that extra taxation has become neces
sary, covers motives that lie much
deeper than the pretense of zeal for
economy. It is an attack that seeks
to prevent the working out of the
great reforms which the progressive
movement, working through the Dem
ocratic party, has. legislated into i
good beginning. The specious charge
of extravagance is raised in the hope
that public opinion will put the ball
ingers, Smoots, Cannons, Forakers,
Penroses, etc., back into power.
As for the underlying policy repre
sented in the pending river and har
bor bill, it is one of regulating rail
way rates by preserving water com
petition a policy for the adoption of
which tee Democrats fought vainly
when Gallinger, Smoot, Cannon and
Aldrich held Congress submissive to
the bididing of the railroads. As for
abandoning the entire bill at this
t.ne :-. the interest of economy, such
action would constitute the most pen
ny wise and pound foolish step w hich
could be taken. Great works of en
gineering are under way. To aban
don them would sacrifice the invest
ments made to date, to say nothing
of the disintegration of the working
lorces. I hat in the present crisis the
government should economize is con
ceded. Every curtailment that will
actually save mour.ey is being made.
THE STATE FAIR
Mr. A. V. Dockery, who is travel
ing in the interest of the Great State
Fair to be held in Raleigh on October
19-24, says the big war in Europe with
its disastrous effect upon industries
throughout the world will 'hardly
touch this fair, because it is so much
larger and more attractive than any
fair ever held in the state; and, be
sides, the people of North Carolina
are so acustomed to meet on these oc
casions to exchange greetings and to
gather useful information that they
wil readily make a little sacrifice
rather than lose the opportunity.
ACUTE INDIGESTION
"I was annoyed for over a year by
attacks of acute indigestion, followed
constipation," writes Mrs. M. J. Galla
gher, Geneva, N. Y. "I tried every
thing that was recommended to me
for this complaint but nothing did me
much good until about four months
ago I saw Chamberlain's Tablets ad
vertised and procured a bottle of them
from our druggist. I soon realized
that I had gotten the right thing for
they helped me at once. Since taking
two bottles I can eat heartily withr at
any bad effects." Sold by all defers.
ORGANIZING IN BEHALF OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
A state organization has been form
ed to carry on a campaign of informa
tion in behalf of the proposed Consti
tutional Amendments to be voted on
by the people of North Carolina next
month. These amendments were pro
posed by a commission composed of
representatives of both political par
ties and submitted to the Legislature
of the state representing all political
parties. Consequently both political
parties are represented on the com
mitties of patriotic citizens who have
interested themselves actively in the
adoption of the amendments. Follow
are the two most important commit
tees announced:
Executive committee J. W. Bailey,
chairman, Raleigh; W. S. Wilson, sec
retary, Raleigh; J. Bryan Grimes, Ra
leigh; E. L. mugntridge, rcocKy
Mount; A. D. Ward, Newbern; R. R.
Wiliama. Asheville: S. C. Brawley.
Durham; J. O. Carr, Wilmington; A.
L. Brooks, Greensboro; H. Q. Alexan
der, Matthews; A. E. Holton, Winston-
Salem; E. E. Kntton, Kaieign; ueo.
W. Ward, Elizabeth City; Geo. L.
Patterson, Clinton; O. Max Gardner,
Shelby; Henry A. Page, Aberdeen;
Edmond Jones, Lenoir; Dr. Cyrus
Thompson, Jacksonville; W. A. Self,
Hickory.
T,ihi;.;tv rnmmiitcc Mai. H. A.
t airman Pittshoro: Clar
ence Poe, Raleigh; Josephus Daniels,
T?ni;Vi. W C. Hammer. Asheboro:
Judge H. G. Connor, Wilson; T. W.
Bickett, Louisourg; a. vy. wtnean,
t, v,v- w r. nowd. Charlotte:
Archibald Johnson, Thomasville; W.
A. Hilderbrand, Greensboro; R. R.
Clarke, Statesville; James n. oain,
Achoiriiia- SantfrtrH Martin. Winston:
James H. Cowan, Wilmington; Sam
uel L. Rogers, f ranKim; A. m. ocaies,
Greensboro; N. J. Rouse, Kinston; J.
Z. Green, Marshville; W. G. Briggs,
Raleigh; Wm. Porter, Kernersville.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion ox ine ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness. nnH that is bv constitutional
treatment, ness, and that f ,A,-
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucuous
linlTio nt ihe Knstnrhifln tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rumb
ling sound or impertect neanng, ano
when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the resul, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restor
ed tn ito nnrmal condition, hparinp Will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out
nf ton in rmiKoil Thv Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucuous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for nnv rase of Deafness (caused bv
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall s catarrh cure, oena ior circu
lars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Drugists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for Consti
pation.
FARMERS' UNION LEADERS FOR
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMEDNMENTS
With sixty-five counties represent
ed, from the moutains to the sea, the
state meeting of Farmers Union busi
ness agents in Raleigh, October 2nd,
voted unanimously to endorse the
proposed Constitutional amendments.
The president of the State Farmers'
Union, Dr. H. o. Alexander, vice
President Templeton, Secretary
Faires, Organizer Green, Educational
Secretary Crosby and Messrs. Gibson,
Wright, Moore and Poe, of the execu
tive comittee, also signed the fol
lowing statement: "We, the under
signed officials of the North Carolina
State Farmers' Union, without com'
miting the organization, and recogniz
ing fully the nonpartisan
character of the proposed Constitu
tional amendments, do hereby state to
the people of North Carolina that we
have examined the aforesaid amend
ments, and it is our conviction that
their adoption will make for progress
in this state and for the advancement
of our farming interests, and all other
worthy interests in the state. We re
mind the people especially that the
taxation amendment does not pledge
the people to any plan, but simply
sets free our people to work out nec-i
essary reforms in taxation, while
leaving in force the present restric
tion on rates.
How To Get Rid of a 1
Bad Cough
A Hrare.ll ad Rer that WUI
D It dmlcklr. Cheap aa
Eaallr Maae
If you have a bad cough or chest cold
Which rpfllAM tn vinM
dies, get from any druggist 2V4 ounces
of tiaex (50 cents woru), pour into a
pint bottle and nil theTottle with plnin
granulated sugar syrup. (Start taking;
a teaspoonful every hour or two. In 24
nours your cough will be conquered
very nearly go. Even whooping cough
frrpatlv reliAVul in uw
Ibe above mixture makes a full pint
a family supply of the finest cough
syrup that money could buy at a cost
ui umy 0 c?ma. .aBity prepared in
minutea. Full riirootinna with Ii
Thia Piiuv C
ration takes right bold of a cough and
n" buuubi, iiuuicuuiie renei. i loos
ens the dry, hoarse or tight cough in a
way that is really remarkable. Alao
quickly heals the inflamed membranes
which accompany a painful cough, and
stops the formation of phlegm in the
throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending
the persistent loose cough. Excellent for
bronchitis, spasmodic croup and winter
4hilflrii lik if
Pmex it a special and highly concen
trated compound of genuine Norway pine
extract, rich in gaaiacol, which is so
healing to the membranes.
To .avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2 ounces of Pinex,? do
not accept anything else. A guarantee
of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
ly refunded goes with this preparation.
The Piatx Co., Ft. Wayne, fvmnma'
(AM
Waablttfto D. Cm
Norfolk, Va.
Richmond. Va
NEW WILSON ACHIEVEMENTS
National Committee Issues Campaign
f amphlet
Washington, Oct. 10. Although
President Wilson has determined not
to make stump speeches in the cam
paign this fall, he retaines a deep,
personal interest in it. While, as he
says, he will "stay on the job," he re
tains the prerogative of letter-writ
ing and personal endorsement of can
didates.
The Democratic National Commit
tee has issued as a campaign docu
ment the "record of achievements" of
the first year and a half of the Wil
son administration. This document
will receive wide distribution in,
doubtful states this fall. Since the
first edition was issued, the following
items have been added.
The policy of "watchful waiting" in
Mexico, widely condemned six months
ago, is now hailed as vindicated and
as an asset.
War emergency measures are feat
ured, including the prompt issue of
emergency currency, new shipping
laws, the proposal to establish a gov
ernment owned merchant marine for
emergency use, the War Risk bill, and
emergency appropriations for the re-,
lief of Americans abroad.
The negotiations of eighteen peace
treaties.
The diplomatic handling of the
Japanese, Mexican and Panama tolls
questions.
fcnd of Dollar Diplomacy
Death blow administered to "dollar
diplomacy," and substitution therefor
of a policy of mutual consideration
and help.
reace restored in Santo Domingo.
Passage of the anti-trust laws.
Fassage of the Lever Agricultural
Extension act.
Preparations to fight hog cholera.
including an appropriation of $500,
000 for that purpose.
Bill appropriating 1500,000,000 for
good roads passed the house, and de
clared certain to become a law at the
next session of Congress.
Grain and cotton standards legisla-
tion advanced, and trading in cotton
tuturcs practically abolished.
Conservation program agreed upon
including general dam bill regulating
sale of water power and Federal reg'
lation of radium-bearing ores.
Meat inspection placed under the
pure food laws.
Rural credits system strengthened
by Federal Reserve act, and addition
al legislation on that subject prepar
ed.
Industrial peace promoted by Ex
ecutive participation in Settlement of
difficulties between Western railroads
and their employees, and by frequent
conierences with business and labor
ing men.
Public neutrality urged by Presi
dent in present war crisis.
Frankness with the Press made
part of open door policy.
New York New Haven & Hartford
case started toward settlement.
Postal surplus of $3,800,000 last
year.
Farm-to-table service added to par
cel post policy.
Deposits made by Treasury to fa
cilitate crop moving.
Modified self-government establish
ed in the Phillippines.
Improved marketing system on
scientific basis taught farmers.
Favoritism in Indian administration
wined out.
Rural and industrial education en
couraged by Department of Interior.
Over 8,000,000 acres of nublic
lands, restored to entry, economies of
administration established, and geo
FOR ANY EMERGENCY
TfOR heating out-houses, contractors shacks and
" temporary buildings of all kinds, the Perfection
Smokeless Oil Heater is invaluable.
PERFECTION
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It is wonderfully useful, too, in drying out unfinished buildings
In the home it it the greatest convenience of aJL You can carry it wherever';
you please. It makes bedroom, bathroom or parlor warm and cozy in a few
minutes. It is fine, too, for the cold corners where the ordinary heat does i
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Look for the Triangle Trade-Mark
STANDARD OIL COMPANY,
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BALTIMORE
STAYING ON THE JCB.
America is greater than any party.
Parties will fare we'l 'enough
without nursing if the men who make
them up and the men who lead them
forget themselves to serve a cause and
set a great people forward on the
path of liberty and peace."
Thi3 is the spirit that breathes
throughout President Wilson's letter
to Congressman Doremus, in which he
tells why he must decline to engage
actively in the 'Democratic campaign
this year. It is the spirit of patriotic
service.of service to the whole people,
so strongly emphasized by the Presi
dent throughout his official career. It
is the spirit which declared that that
party serves istelf best that serves the
country best, and that which forgets
self-interest in working for the com
mon good.
The President, in his own homely
language, will "stay on the job." His
job, as he sees it, is to stay in Wash
ington and face the serious responsi
ities that the war abroad has placed
upon those who have been chosen by
the American people to administer
their government, to advance their
prosperity and to preserve for them
the blessings of peace The nation has
suddenly been confronted with prob
lems, in which questions of party have
no place. These problems must be
met wisely, unselfishly and in all har
mony, with full confidence that the
people will justly appraise the work
of their servants. -
"This is a time when America ex
pects every man to do his duty with
out thought of profit or advantage to
himself.". Here is a broad hint to
those members of Congress who have
been too busy seeking re-election to
attend to their public duties, who have
been more solicitous for thir own ad
vantage than to the public welfare.
The people will not forget to reward
those of their representatives who
stay with Wilson "on the job" at
Washington, nor will they fail to re
member those who have deserted their
posts to advance their own interests.
From this time on it will pay every
Congressman to "stay on the job."
President Wilson s letter is worth
more to his party than a thousand
campaign speeches. Newark News,
PMSiCftUESg-
Nothinn hat ever
tatialed or eamnarmtt
With the medicinal tatm
in Scott's EmuixMa to.
arrest the decline.
the blood, strengthen the
nervous system, aid thsappe-
. tue and restore the courage
. ot better health. . n
m rare BmmHmhmt2d-
lag food, without
aicejtol ar opiate.
TRY IT J
14-41
logical surveys hastened.
Reforms in land office indicating
economy and efficiency.
Commerce encouraged and developed
by creation of commercial attaches
abroad and establishment of new of
fices in leading cities at home.
The document concludes with a se
ries of editorials commending the
rresident.
Cbarlotta, N. C. 1
Charleston, W. Va,
CharUaton, S. C
BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER'S BUR
DENS.
This Divine Command must be
heeded now. It would be folly to shut,
our eyes to the tremendous losses
which the world must meet. Untold'.
billions in wealth are being swept,
away, and untold billions in men, more-
precious in value than all material
things, young men, strong, clear
minded, the very fullest fruition of
Europe's civilization are being de
stroyed. The financial loss is over
whelming in magnitude, and the loss:
in manhood through suffering, disease -and
death, the loss in all the higher -and
holier attributes of man no hu
man mind can grasp and no humam
pen can ever tell.
This loss must be widely distribut
ed that the world may stand the
shock. Every man in thia country
must bear his share of the burden or
else be a burden shirker. Here and'
there , exceptional conditions may -
yield exceptional results, but in one
way or another the farmer must car
ry his part of the load, the merchant
his and the manufacturenffis. Money-
making ipr the sake of money-making
must give way to the maintenance
of business, that people may be given
employment and that every business
interest may be ready to go forward
on a large scale when the time comes,.
as surely it will, for big money-making.
Men must learn to bear each
other's burdens; the banker must real
ize that this is no time for calling -loans;
the borower must strive to the
utmost of his ability to pay his loans
part, at least; the manufacturer, the
in part, at least; the manufacturer,,
the merchant and all others must do
what they can for the common good,,
content if they can carry their ahare
of the world's burden and be ready to
do business for money-making when
conditions make ready for a greater
burst of activity.
Face to face with the horrors such
as civilization has never known; the
most awful toll that death has ever
claimed, men must be sobered by this:
glimpse into the very gates of hell,
and strive to be less selfish and more
ready than ever before to bear one
another's burdens.
The burden can be carried if thus
properly distributed, and if this be
done we shall be made ready for the
day of activity when the sunrise of
coming prosperity begins to flood the
hills. Baltimore Manufacturers' Rec
ord. THE WARRIOR AND THE PEAS
ANT (By Robert G. Ingersoll.)
A little while ago I stood by the
grave of the old. Napoleon a mag-
nificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit al
most for a dead diety. I thought of"
the orphans and widows he had made
of the tears that had been shed for
Mis glory, and of the only woman who
ever loved him, pushed from his heart
by the cold hand of ambition. And I
said I would rather have been a
French peasant and worn wooden
shoes; I would rather have lived in a
hut with a vine growing over the
door, and the grapes growing purple
in the kisses of the autumn sun; I
would rather have been the poor peas
ant with my loving wife by my side
knitting as the day died out of the sky
with my children upon my knees;
and their arms about me. I would'
rather have been that msn and gone
down to the tongueless silence of the
dreamless dust than to have been
that imperial impersonation of force
and murder known as Napoleon
Bonaparte.
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