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TIIE ASHEEOnO COUIUEPs ,VUEC0r.p, N. G BRIEF DIGEST OF THE DEMOCRATIC MINORITY RFPORT ON TARIFF RILI Mil UAl Vil IttiUXf ULIM ' 1 The following but complete digest of the new Republican tariff bill pass- ed by the House of Representatives but rewritten and now pending is a mon- strous proposition which mortgages the country and its entire resources, iu repon oi u. juei..-ut wno woiua nave to pay tne penalty oi street car system in the two cities Law of 1921 is of Vital importance to nonty was subletted by Senctor pving them the full measure of their with it. The Southern Power Com- the farmers of the state, and thef Simmons. . , seeking. ' pany had threatened to refuse selling forts of the tax lister to secure the Ranking minority members of the In relation to wages and the main- to the Public Service Company' which information should -receive the vigor Committee on Finance today, under- tenance of the American standard of would have embarrassed the two cities ous support of the every farm owner -take to answer the mam contentions living, the report said: for a while at least. , ; says tbV statement, which continues: of the majority report and embodies "The majority seeks to justify the The conteat was fought, out in JThe proper anaykis of thetabulat the main points made by Senator high rates they propose upon the Greensboro last June, for ten days, and ed county ana state figures tends to Simmons in his recent speech. Among ground that they are necessary to per- Judge James E. Boyd, presiding over stabilise the market and helps to save other things the minority report de- mit American protected industries to the District court found.in favor dt the farmers from losses that other c u i ?y wages sufflcIent enable our the Southern Power Company. The wise might result from a manipulation That there is no definitely iixed American standard of liv-ins- I Public Service Comnanv nmmntl e n- ..v. k i. , .uic i.vj incoouic ....u... v.. f - tection accoroeu. That the aggregate burdens im- posed on the people by the tariff bill W1" STZ f a hv Z posed by direct taxes levied by the revenue bill by between three and four 2n? .u !arS: f That the standard of wages in foreign competing countnes is today. more nearllqual to the American ' standard than ever before. That the cost of products bears a much slighter relation to daily wage naid to labor than in former times. ... That selling prices neither in country nor in foreign countries coum-ry 101 iui l"-""7 measured by the cost of production. and that profits constitute a far 'a''" element in these selling prices than that the standard of wages ml all other elements. "i!!8!? ',mi?!:ln? ""S1"". is today. That the tariff beneficiaries believe more nearly equal the American stan- .i i i . n.kik;t;nn ii rv. mai emuMjura -r niim imnorts will enable them to reap the exhorbitant profits of war times. That the bill ignores the principal of imposing rates to measures the . -, 7 t.i Ullierence in rnuor cusvs u. ... f.vu- tion costs here and abroad . .. A,! '7:rr That the so-called invasion oi our mantels uy iuie.gn cuuuua nlv to 4 nercent of our annual pro- duction, whereas our invasion of tor- ' "fMS has made it reason eign markets amounts to 7 per cent of f""" . the our nroduction. ,.ndardtof wa?e8 and of living con- our proaucuon. 'ditions throughout the world will rtv. That if American goods can compete main ag they were during the war with foreign goods m the markets of that fa u a bagi8 rf X, the world they can compete with the nationa, equality-d that to tUTmd same goods m our ,wn markets with- the Iabor organizations in the worid out entailing any disaster. are and will continue to cooperate and That the rates of the bill are from'that C0ODeration Jf .'SS? .' 40 to 50 percent higher than the T AUJ.l. Kill noiHorinff the present higher prices of imported equally approximate merchandise. In many instances they, If t maiopitv mom . , are absolutely prohibitive. I tLTeXctshTu?d nS have" .f ha3 n0t '"P.escaped the conclusion! that as t "- re- source to the protected and m j . ft . ohzed industries. ....' "The taxes imposed in this b.H says the report, "are as real as those imposed in the revenue Din. iney must. ?.aIa "Lt H. ... , . . , . . . thcn in ho rPVPrtllA hill lYlUSt be DaUQ .MWO?.1 , . " ,v SL neTle uTnTonTy pay Jrtte?nr&l . r TT; .. v... mt r,o mto " .I Kr,J, S! LUrltiTr h ;. In C 1 Lthp" LrTnTthatwai be Jg?Z tUe ! riZt nf imnnwd nnnn them as a result 01 r - - - - ... 1 -r --- ... .. ., MJ .- . -- - w.Ann hill to sunnort the Govern-, vent expenses entailed by the war." RfeS To thTpower given the PresS to substitute the American vuaVion, and the discussion in the majority report thereon, the minnonty report says This rather elaborate discussion of "r r"? 1 T P S K8' t0 the extremist protection exceed the burdens placed upon them ist ot thfl raigi fc lowering of K tVio rtirort tawa levied m the r u . . K UJ the reasons for scrapping the Amerl- in ,910 7Vh. 1 " t V . ""u"c"on Junior Christian Endeavor meets at highways in seven of the nine districts, on valuation scheme on hand while hJ.nVr iff ly?J0T w,we.2:30 Economies in construction and and hiding f ita rehabilitation on the ohiar8 62,415'- "ior Christian Endeavor meets at administration will at the same time I was probably deemed ex- S;. ftbfas'8 " imports 2:00 p. m. leave in the hands of the commission IrNdv interests who with persistence aVwT K?"8' w"lcn4w.er HJ,- You are invited to attend all ser- for the year, while the building pro Tedylmter!lt W.. jrir!rJ 1- 000,000 in mi, represent 7 percent of vices and vou will find a heartv w.U rram fni tha war will h .Jvan . fK. oWvlv nwrlaod method w"s,c .-- of extorting gratuities for the en- hancement oi their already overswol- len profits. " -I he majority members of the com- rdT d clim. oT S. protected infect for hia-her benefactiona and - ihit behalf to discredit the present law, in utter disregard o line iacw f ' i...! .. .In.u th LTf ih- nVikent law "01 months ' rates of the present taw ior monina v.-. ,u. Viiwinaon war the balance i S winr SSnrt f , Sia S aumed that the mariiy ei tne com mittee would not hare methUwho ly unwarranted statement if they hau 1 , - - - . ihthll .TuTlo2 to bXc. oi ahowing that out lose In balance "T"?" T IZiir irtk. oniain iwuca irarm to throngn the rami LMnAssociauon ox mark, s. i ts: a .j t r K.Sni ofraden ?ur fSS Jh4.KXtBJL0I,ly f'.T' Md y eee the wieraigned The ebmmiaalonV biggert eingl. Pt&XPZl 1.17 iiUP.aI !.!BTltoW et once. . . dertaWng is Included In -the list i aw .MuaiMM Af r tla T SWT Ik nilkrilW m a nf. f a a a a. a- " T . .. Mtrfir i: VifiaTnni.. V "tB-W f-J?ffl,W-vi My 25, when the highway to the fLJ-lr SiTASnw B'n xn . U MObfcKj-v vVnta line, 174Sjnile- in length; 1 trade during the first year ' Pama. AJdrich bill waa IS I ar of .tne w ,. tm dVrmV tha . antnnarad with 4 Percent during U ; first year ltb present law. lanra of trad UUrtna the first year Ot .1 . the present law meant Impending die- aster we wwiow iw " "'" the first year of the Payne-Aidrlcu Art waa fraught with - portent still . greater disaster " - ' ' - i -in restrictions ami nwwr v cumstance smacK oi connnetice-game daring the last twenty-five year and mond ana uanvwe to immenne tnrongs which th majority report refers freed hypocrisy T v . Jthat their loar rmmt Inevitably lead of people who gave her a notable ra th trust eontrolled Industrie irom . The report cite instance of soc- to reduced production and unemploy- ceptlou. Iler erpreniona of opinion the restraint of foreign competition cUi American eompetltton' - with ment It a!! that th people are have been of wide interest. Iler n and gave them a fre hand to arbitari- foreign goods in th market of th disappointed in th work of the sen- dormnt of prohibition was emphat )y advance their prices . and profits, world in the matter of hdfilery, kit at in rewriting the tariff MIL ic Another statement of this Amer while war-mad prosperity mad their goods, pottery, 'porcelain "and ehlnal In conclusion the report says "the lean women who ha created such a fWKtonvrs able to pay the prices, ex- ware, the maaufarturers of silk, cot- people will be aatinfled with nothing tlr In England was thi: "A lt of tonionaie as tney miut oe. ine re- nit wa that the ky waa the only !t to the advai.es they male in t prices an.l profit. Irf.luntrie .., h lial In ri'-rmni time bn tnnU- i ? ... ;y n T-f.rent to 15 prrrt,t r ".'-!, f i ' ! f i..n o-it-.iile competition '' a r' ' ' ' ' ' rmSar-ne. a'lvane- 1 .-.cent, 2'!t) perc--.tit, 0 percent, 400 percent, 500 percent,' and even in instance to 1,000 percent. Katurally the representative I thee 'industries only for a return to tbeeej halevon dava and etMuiiriana. Tlev he- Ueve and proMbitio upoil foreisiI imporu will do for them now whet embargoes and prohibition did for them during the war. Greed is always blind. Avarice has no conscience. In making these demands the interests were, of course, only thinking about themselves, and, as usual, with no thought for the people -mis crntrrvAnt c. v strancre in v-i.w t tv. n... selfsae ries are toay enggel in an intensive drive to redu wa standards, just a sthe minufac- turers f 'J countries "re en- g&ged in a dne de hih- relaUvely speaking, standard of wages in cotriefi' ra 01 . n tatemnt diL 8y conf f.er the fact known to '!fL Y f C J"?? of proflts of ff0 P"ds m th18 country are i" m excess J w.n" Justified by the labor costs of tho nr.L, Blnolte d. toSX u Uttle or noPSl?!The ?i2e and thc mP,e' to production cost .on cost aara tnan ever hfnnt anH that in f . f." ,"T- loreign countries labor, bv the same devices and expedients it is employing nere, is onenng equally as successful ? t0 'oenMr of those. ,uaing " apparerw inn unaer tne lnsDlratlon and lmmtuc nf a . . , : . zr -f- -" iubviou vcu. Pvjf r.u nd ersn dla w.hich came tojFields of broomsedge, like rye yellow " 5- 7- 7 T "nl8 10 greater particination in the unfit. f tu- . j , . their labor and their power to main- be sccessfu, in mninfa. . ' r"":: , , uiew BUUI' tii use oi iius country. .nJ ti..'. om,jTuT 1 . ",c.oeen in progress at the Friend rhnn.li - v. 8. "aB een a constantly ...wuiiiiiK i.tui iu cost ox proauc- tion, that less and not more protec- tion jg to maintain wag? dards BWM1 TVio ti - - lvwiv wicii an is t sed upon the principle of imJ "7 iir.y.:r" f ln? .D,i' 1 . .r posing rates to measure nrfhiHirv. I e?t8.hfre nd Lnt res that PJlllr- . ""'.K . '"-c upu wmcn rates are t says that profits constitute a far element than .11 other mentetht may enter into or itute'cjod wntiW to bless ocW a Part.."he cost Production, nwln?rhw .jj. ti "MusjJMM. wwe eonmtions would auo- vjtw, wicdv cvnuiLiuns wnum buct- aji.e-A.uncn rates. t ti .... .... 'd'tri a ,7nhu t ".JX & foreier unnn -..T thTITled?nf SSSffi JL'L ,f2ff d m-na,. tn. -in iom : y ooo.oon hi- !S,:.nf ? ""fJ?4': . . 1 V 1. "'"""I. p nons amounting 10 per.-ent or our annuai prouction is such an invasion of our M callfl fof furtner restrictions, is not the exportation of 7 pent of our annual production a f' Jl.L.i , ine.F.,"! ColumbJ. ha S4 IWI BV wa u iufb I Cni Ul U1B W If I III I I ..r . ' tTiL ::r XS5"SS in w -t-iwv-.vwjvw While IvnVa-iraAfin Mnntia I iMlliHitim - . "". V T nnS'"" exten 0t . v i76i.000J)00. . . . ' ' , . v. v If ' POrtations from Europe "T r mrga underselling in our wnig ,how that we can and tio un- Eorop, their own market. mi th, Unjtd Kingdom of " , " w- i !1?n ' 00 tthB try, w are eelliiiff them at ecch a Klirh haala nmflt that ntiv mann.1 hg:n hai 0f profit that our mano-i ct.orr" nd wlf Jhew both ...I ..ml atmmau tv fur ha antand their foreign buslnesa. J ; witb IhmIm nnla In tha marVata of the .world, li it tot folly to contend they cannot compete witn tneae same thene eondiUons. . - .. t ; goodtl our w market without en- The report declares that onr foreign taJUng national d I Banter, and does not markets have been th basia of our th contrary contention in thee cirrjphenominal prosperity and eppansion ton and woojon. It on to say that tli rate of the h.il and th io-r riven th pre.ent to superadd higher rate' were cnrireKion by the majority to tl.e demand of the Captain of the protected induKtrie and were baaed upon Selling price Instead of th Cost of prodrrtion, th old Kepublkan PCBUC SERVICE COMPANY WINS OVER SOUTHERN POWER pa There was much interest manifested In this section of North Crvua last weex over tne a eta si on ot the fourth circuit court of appeals, which result ed in victory for the Public Service Co. in High Point and Greensboro. " I The Southern Power Comnanv fur- nishes the Public Service Company wkb electrical energy, me later retail - ini tf a li crkt v m a... bore and at High Point, and operating sm ianv sjuiu wvwes t, ureeiih' Deaiea to rne i,imiit muit ai amuik The Beautiful Scene. (By Ruth Carter Miller.) How strangely romantic, the beautiful scene Framed in by the pine trees, ' green, The valleys and hills stretching ever- far sway In the distance, at the dawn of a beau- tifcl day, aii aressed in a robe of blue colored I f , at the sky before the sun- rise! The gold of the clouds against the blue skies ar.k. v . . .ra. scene oi unequaied RnlenHnv .That we gaze upon it with ranture n tender; The mist which gathers o'er rill and - eer dale Hann nnp f ona i h wneal. , On every side the vision doth greet; An old-fashioned farmhouse, now and men, Breaks in vou the scene, nnrt flfoin - aaa fields and forests, brown and green, All go to make up the beautiful scene, (The foregoing was composed when Miss Miller was thirteen years old and a school girl. She waa inanimH while on her way to school one mom- ing in November, iii.) that these taxes could not be deduct- J To Asheboro People Who Are Weak, Sickly, Nervous or , : ,ed. The Watts estate amounted to Tanlac is a Splendid tonic for puny, about thirteen millions, but the net1 ; aMln-LFOWIl -Uv.J"? ' : j frail, delicate children. It is purely amount left after all taxes and the ' vegetable and contains no minerals or cost of administration are deducted IMPORTANT NOTICE: By special arrangement, we can now extend to any opiates. For sale by Standard Drug will be around ten millions, it is es- person in Asheboro who wants more strength, energy and endurance, the Company. , .. ' 4 timated. Jn addition to the nearly opportunity of using Nuxated Iron so that if you do not get all and even . ' " half million that comes to the state, greater benefits than you expect, it will not cost you one cent, because we Revival at Friends Church Closes. ,Me federal government takes in some ourselves will promptly return your money. The Rprioc nf , i.u:.i. ....instances . about twice as much as ' . ""co Ui meeungs wmcn has for fne Dast twn ZZZ i 1 close Sunday nurht. Ma 14 Bov Lewis W McFarland of Hio-h Pi T did most of the nreachimr ltH k Mrs Irwin T rZw nf m.wTd.jj w ' 11 ! ox, or Mars ton. Kudd ain. Newsom had chars of the mhV""' SSL "22? -55? ."fP"?' i . i . . to beSTfol owTrs TchdS S ZZ'ZAlXZ nmrflnwfn i "Itl -iT'l.'rr, ' "i ele-'thirteeV, t'hV ,h ' rJwE r '0 v-i j. ai a - -o 1 . .1 Wednesday evening at 8 p. m.. pray er meetinc. 1 1 . . " 1 rnaay evening at 0 p. m.. choir Prati- Sunday: Sunday at. 10 al m'; V at " at which ? hand o fellowship wi. De given to the members who .mted with our church during the se- awaiting you. ' CLARENCE MACON, Pastor, NOTICE This is to notify the public that the r1 us? tiuwi.wj aoi- 1 1 rr Aa ah i I W 1 fl IMV1 IHI V Hal ia tne fUwrarrie waoonw rarin ix)an Association, to do loaned to tne M iL1 a.. ti armra 01 inu county. 11 i necea- ,or you 7oor PHientldn v. jv k .. m.i v numiuwt Wretary without delay, in order that he may get the aame Into the bank niea witn tne reaeru uuid oanavvi Columbia on or before the 6th day june, i922( they will not be given i tonaideration. If voo desire a "k of ny. low okrhui man uwuiw. , uwin. Z A-odatknv Aheboro, N. & C v, ( - , , , ory of measuring protionbecauae tv. M.ikwl miM ,lnchide profit while the latter or dia - u. 4K. ..... I. IV.. kill mr from 40 to 50 per cent higher under Ishort of a full xpour throoKh ' cusnlnn of this aUemDUd outrE:'. In spired bv th desire to rlacat t! uh- aid j ze interent at their nt-r." and then ftiamcterire the sm" ' I Fordner hiil a "an SH (If rrrtily entitled) to inortirag th country end Us reourre to th protected and mo- the-'nnrK.lied in-lustrie.'' . r, ' . ... . WEEKLY RALEIGH LETTER (By Maxwell Gorman.) Governor Morrison; in a statement, call attention to the fact that the law reouire tk Ha. nf nmTwuiva acreages -of the various rram i not I erty on which to levy taxes. w ar jrww ww B'at) av a vir I , "The crop acreage data collected J ! T . . . .. ! i unnr mmv nv in rm-r ucT.ra in -km. pliance with chapter 201 of the Public "Although this acreage data is col lected each year by the tax listers, it has nothing to do with any increase in SUs i forward looking, progressive movement that bears the same rela tion to agriculture as an industry that an inventory does to other forms of business. State Collecting Inheritance Tax From Two Big Estates . The North Carolina State Depart- ment of Revenue is completing the settlement of the inheritance tax on ' e late Gee, W. Watts, i i-mrnara, ana is now taking up the 'uttlniMnt f H.. V. the state by the estate of the late J.I W. CannSn, of Concord the two larg- st the department haa had to deal with this vear. - ... . r . . : ine watts estate wui yieia the state tiiKAno o .v. . not yet 'been comnleted. for deduc tions are allowed for the "death dues" the inheritance tax due in England under the English inheritance tax. m t. I- . i u il:. v u wuuuoi nuw- mucn u will amount to the department will be dy to dose up this particular estate so far as the inheritance taxes concerned. are The department recently submitted to arbitration the question ; v. v V vAwwwa o wi estate. would be allowed to deduct the taxes due immediately after the death of the Durham man. The law was not clear on this point, and both sides aarreed to leave the mutter nn tn th arbitrators, who held with th tnt j... tu. .i.t- m.. tt, .. .. owV .i,,e K"811 govern- meKt taxes lor the property owned In En8'and. The department of Revenue is pre- Parin? fo" the collection of the inheri- tance taxes due from the estate of the if. t w n tu.. ...i. cording to the memorandum filed wiTh iw a a ri aiUlVIl. X Ilia CSt ale. UC not run more than nin milhnn Hnl the dims h inheritance tax is understood that the execu- tors or tne estate claim that there should be some deductions from this mil!in because of bequests made before the death 'Mr. Cannon. Ne gotiations are now under way regard- mic biits ucLLien ing the settlement of this estate. Progress in State Road More Contracts Building; 'With seven months of the year still to run, the State Highway Commis- sion wUl have passed, the 600-mile mark toward its program of 1,000 mHea in UHfiS," when bids are opened f or the construction of eighteen pro- W SSTregating - 171.14 miles of slightly beyond three-fifths of the original mileage contemplated for con-' , et ruction. I Included in the letting set for May 25 is 101.63 miles of hard-surfaced construction, and 69.51 miles of gravel roads. Since January 10. when the program waa ooubied ior tne yearL and aciuding the Hay - w- .letting, 31342 miles or - hard-surfaced roads ... a , a . . wiu nave Men let to contract, and 287J8 nil of gravel toad. t o. 1..1 u.u : a. , DUKuuin ut ww uuu . in vne first four month- of the year, calling for a total expenditure of $W396,76r ADnroxtTOatelr one million dollar the total 1 for bridge on the . - nnder contract.' Tha total for Mav 25 will' approach; : ; the ; three-million un for Vir is offered to contractor - lhi ' nroiect btilTederd I aid. 1. th. whkh -Connnisrtioner , J. imh Dutrict ftdcral funj,. r.iwoon iox win rxpena a.i - oi. ire X X. Lady Aster la America. I f.al A4Ar knra In Vlre4n(a. and the flrrt woman member of the Brit- lh 1'ariiament, has come to America to address the Tan-American confer- etiee of women at Baltimore. , She has since jmal telling speches at Rich- for!irner in America forget the foun Hntion of America. It was founded by I'rotentants and In th I'rotentant filth. It wrli-omes II religion, but li.p not bc!iea that any relifrion plionld n.l In rflisic. When you get 1 ic and religion miel, look Out. I.oi.tics ("t of religion and put rr, ;;!on Into poi,U" 6 r i l i A year ago almost unknown Today a leader A sweeping venfict for QUALITY Sandhill Fruit Crop Safe.- . . . -: , A report from the peach growers rfata that , fmlf Tn in fh. - - r - - hill country which is mu country wmcn is abundant, )b from ham from weather ditions. That is as far as. frost is concerned, and the only harm at this ,8la?, Rrowtn might possibly be Ineal hail ntnrmo vhih wnnl.) na nt . . . i---- " - - consequence only in the sections tiaJfull crop, and about half grown new, 1 Standard Drug C o. Ashtboro, N. C. v ... Great Refund Offer iou may wonder now we can anord off. ntv. A vl "" " a" V"""" ui uxatea iron; inrougnout tne country nually. Blood examinations by physicians ' all over the country show that an enormous number of people do not have enough iron in their blood, Without iron the blood becomes thin, pale and watery. In many cases this so seriously weakens the vital organs that people often believe they have hoi tn.i. ...ki j;m, fn .i,o...i m v bwuhvi vt wwmv anuiiw uwvwvo ui v3 v w CAimuokivu tx ovure other serious ailment, otner senous ailment, rney nave pains and palpitation 01 the heart, sud- den dizziness, iamtness or spots before the eyes, when as a matter ot applied, all of these symptoms disappc ..Genuine Nuxated Iron contain, true disappear. uloou- many peopie are aenaent in by this remarkable remedy that we Standard Drug Co. and get a bottle and note the improvement in your, own not get all and even greater benefits wrapper and we will promptly refund r Barker's Remnant Store Is the place you will find goods by the pound. We have some rare prices on ginghams, bleaching, chambray, shirt goods, sheeting, batiste, creank ley, bed spread goods, checks, in the remnants; al so lots of other kinds at a price you can afford to buy at. A trip to this store will convince you of the bargains in dry goods and remnants; also see the Mectrrc line of merchandise for the 110 volt, also the 32 volt or the Home Lighting Plants. Come in and see our stock, if you are not ready to buy you will want something in our line sooner or later. . Oome and see us. . Si-. : BARKER'S REMNANT STORE and Electric : Equipment Company . '. FLATTERING MILLINERY aii alM. .- i A a4w alM. .mS k Randlcmnn, N. C. 9 jf ited bythe i storms.; ; -' The new trees that are coming into bearing this spring will increase the total shipment , of . peaches probably twenty-five per cent Selling ar rangements are completed, with the prospects of the best market ever 'Imown in the district. The dewberries are in the same ex cellent condition, with ' the fruit a to do this. The answer is that week l. 4. - yt"" iw um sunt iw over lour minion people use it an- organic iron like the iron: in your in iron who would surely be benefited recommend that you come rieht to of Nuxated Iron. Use it for two weeks case. You are the judge-if you do thany6 expect, just bring bade the the full amount vou naid. y W 'a V'-. . rAi znt -vr-t V'" v .. -- , . -. DURING MAY V 'J L I
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