OMEN
A Citizen For Kent Ad i
Will Rent That . Vacant ,
- VOL; XXV. NO, 73.
ASHEVILLE, N. C- FRHUY MOUSING, JANUARY 1, M
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JU MWOiVS HURRY TO THE
RELIEF, OF VICTIM OF THE
Exit the Old Year
SUMMONED FOR!T0 RAISEFUNDS
PRISONERS, GIVE; FIRST OBJECT
DISASTROUS: EARTHQUAKE
STATE EVIDENCE; OF HIGH TARIFF
1 ; . .
Six Witnesses, Called For Suggested That Ways and
Figures of the. Death Roll
PLAN TO BUILD
:UP REPUBLICAN
No Longer Concern the ;
Italian People. V ;
&j6t.J '-11..' '-''''' 1
"Night Riders," Suddenly , Means Cummittee Study
Turn State 'a Witnesses. its Primary Reasons. ' -
J - ......
' rJp-
-y-,. iv: i'i7H
FAMINE STARES,
' v ' THEM IN THE FACE
Reports'- to the Effect That
Subsequ?nt Shocts Have
Been Felt!
ROME. Dec. il. Estimates of the
death roll of the rthquake now
cease -to concern the Italian people.
it la noimh to know that the cata
trothe Is ovorwhclming--flgure vvould
add notliipir to the grief, pi in wrics
fO nation nor move to greater ef
' forte thiwe upon whom the work, of
...relief and rescue has faUen.v.'i ?
.". Every channel open to the frovern-
a jnnnt has been utilised to true ena ana
'other nations have been quick to ome
t He aiwiatance, even before the.ory
for aid went upy Ship loads of fugi
tives have been carried lit -fit the
stricken' xone to Naples., -Falmermo,
Catania and other .points, ami accord-
lug to tho minister-of marine, eeue
veiMels to tii nuniber of St are, flow
centered In the Strait of Messlnss nd
6,000 Boliiiera arei being Jandedi ton
thA fvvo coasts. -' ' ' I ' "" , 1J V
Mont Important of all now fhe
o.iietlon of the living-.' ':; Thousands fof
thogB who escaped the falling 'Wiflls
end the mveep of the tide are starring
and without clothes or shelter, "they
can scarcely longer survive their suf
ferings, Th flrst thought :ha '.been
to carry tfotxl -and "clothing for these
helpless peoplif, .and it has now. been
decided .by ,th.' government to send a
fleet of emigrant steamers to transport
tbem to other places. , '
The latest reports received at Rome
state that there' have been many In
termltten shocks. - following the -first,'
to which- th greater part of the de
struction Is attributed. The British
-warship Minerva, reported by wtt-elesn
to . Malta that two severe shocks oc
curred, nt : Messina last night Prof,
r.lceo, director, of the observatory at
. l. i " rtiSns) ,h H J;s u-1
menta ' haver recorded 42 distin&I
shocks after the first, but that durtnt
the last 14 hours they have been aU
mint motlnnleH. ' Aetna and Strom-
boll Me now quiet, and he Is certain f
: that the earthquake was not or vol
canic, but of geographic nature, sim-
' jiar ta that of 1785,
American Ambassador Orlscom will
leave -here tomorrow for Messina, on
- an Italian warship to search for
American 1 cltlscns. It has been Im-
f Vesible to obtain tidings of the hun
yaredS' of foreigners supposed to have
.- been In "the sone. about whom In
quiries have been made to the gov
' ernment and. to the various embas
sies.' ;. f
. v A train from this city succeeded In
reaching the outskirts of Messina this
morning..
During the past night the warships
In Messina harbor threw their search
lights on the ruins to enable the res
' 'curers on shore to continue their
work. The work pf succor is going
on feverishly, but the forces are still
woefully Inadequate.. The stench from
decomposing bodies Is becoming over
powering.
Death Estimates Vary.
1 The horrors of the situation at Mes
slna and Reggio grow with every
fregh dispatch. One of the correspond
en'te places the death roll throughout
the entire territory as high as 300,000.
;. but this appears to be extreme. Oth-
er make their estimate 200,000. but
the official estimate, as made by the
. minister, still holds to 115,000.
. Relief expeditions -which havie been
making their way to Reggio have
encountered tremendous- obstructions
all along' the route. They report 18
- provincial villages, beside those al
ready. Mentioned In Calabria, as hav
'Ing, been completely ruined. This
would indicate that the earthquake did
not confine its work of havoc to the
coast, v What has become of the In
habitants of these villages Is not
known. .Those that were left alive af-
V doubtless lolned'the great army f
irefugees seeking safety, or have fallen
y,the wayside.
The Calabrian coast for 30o miles
as been . torn and twisted. Frotri
Sagnara to Reggio, a distana of 25
Allies, the country s half dentolisheit
Assistanc has reached but few of the
Villages, .and they ar practically with
' Ant supplies of any kind. At Bagnara
surgical operations are being-; per
formed -with pruning knives, but at
Reggio even that la .Impossible- ..
(Cetntlnued en pags slK,).
SALE OF UQUOR.VffiD OUT
m mums&ii DISTRICT, VA.
(By Associated Press.)' .'-'
DANVILLE, Va.;-'J5ec.vi; Banis
ter district. In Halifax county, which
comprise? the towns of Booth; Bos
ton and Houston, ' located eight 'miles
part.' vote "dry?, by a majority .of
1 Jf Irt total iot- ot about cast
today in the local option election, r i
The election means the abolition of
eight saloons la South Boston.; which
pay a city tax of Ave hundred dol
lars each, and two saloons id Rous-
PARTYINSOUTH
Plan 'Agreed- on at. Confer
enee of Taft, Hammond,
and Hitchcock, v
C. P. TAFT WITHDREW.
I-' ... .
FOR PARTY HARMONY
But Presidentelect Refused
i to Hake Further State-
. . . .-.
Monts on Action. '
y Atsoclatsd Press.)
; AUOCSTk, Ga., 'Dec. S 1. Beyond
th remark that the withdrawal of
Charles K-Taft from the senatorial
qdntest In Ohio, In favor of Represen
tative Theodnre E. Burton, was a
move 'in jthe Interest of party har
mony. President-elect Taft woiild say
nothing on tlie subject It was. he
said, a matter regarding which any
statement woull naturally coma from
his brother ChatleB. .
V Another conference- was held today
at the Taft cottago on the subject of
tne pest; . means to take advantage at
the proper time of the reai sentiment
In the South, which favored political
change. Charles H. Sherrll! of the
National ' Business Men's League of
New Tork, who reached here today,
was one of the conferees, while
Messrs. Taft, Hammond, and Hitch
cock were the ethers. 1 Thl statement
was dictated "by Mr. Taft IP the pres
ence of the conferees, and is given to,
the public as showing the exact situ
ation with reference to the matter to
' !The conference between-Mr! Taft
ani Messrs. Hammond. Hltchcodk and
Bh"SHILJILfirence to the jii ttotv t
with a vlw to the organUa-
hc real seniimen in mo puui
of a political change-in tnat
rexulted satisfactorily In a
ed upon-by all 'parties.
lok Aid Of Independents.
republican organization 'is to
tallied in all the states, ana
f.fle to Increase the ranks of
Vtean party as fully as pos
il!ahe purpose, however, of
thfsf assistance of those who
site to any themselves wun
bltoan party as republicans,
wish to act independently of
ratlc party In national cam-
was thought best to -secure
Vifif those who would take
.f -this Independent movement
tate-.With a view to their sud-
rganitotlon at a timet when
tlcal action would be ppor-
mprpsaion which has; gone
IB JLhe previous ; conwrence
conferees were ,tn faor. of
Thi Lk. i the movement t erroneous.
nrJljr -Inn" what name cjubsto be
a the future should Hear is
1 " It.iH., nt Ami A II - In TOKricl to
which
"fH:islon was rescht d.'j
L Taft-, Is here front tJew
1 1 few days of polf.' The
-ct admits that lii I rojh
j wlo'years Ins junior, -J a
. -,l but In xtiyuig s he
Hei
Tot-lt
prehii
er, l.wi
bettei!
adds f i
"Hit 4
uional !
hen iplaylne; wlth :hlnt
-s -plays like a ptefes-
Thil
j-- - 111 ;
If atnlly' topf ghl - atte nil ed ; a
recepdoJ
that tie
tfce,CountryC!ub, ulven
mlghf li
the presi1
of hie fi
hberjMOf ttiat organisation
an-V opporumKjf to- meet
i-elt and tho membere
.V'Bobert A. Taft, the
eldest sob,
a visit r
to Tale.
I gVUO W llllflllllin-i.
Vdays befq-o returning
JlWxMtfTr TTflW TO
PROMOTE HEALTH
LTIMOSBDee. .'St.That; the
aat efforts of the leading
of the country will be seon-
ted, in the effort to- establieir a
,.ial orginlsatton. with regula-J
.fl and rulaj of tt$ own,c the con
"Vfatloo of paMic health and fc the
dehf"tlon "HaSei geneially.i was
pa
doipu.iruiiQiine pympivitiitt vn
lie i health of he American 1Anso
H . . ! u . . . ci
ciai
enci01
his afternoon. . ' O '
1 ... ... Ti t
vtr A V " prHciiuu ui j-i..
, BWi -y of the bureau of chemistry
TwThe department .of agriculture, and
Dr.
wril
Horace Fletcher, the distinguished
er on- dletles, spoke on vital econ
am
r
s.
ig a tax 01 a thousand dol-
j -
and one brewery and twe
Sutim Boston' maJor I ty.
.eight, ano? Housbnlxty
r tne in- wvrv. . s
th. lining out of fliqiW in
of im- irfinLa ff
Carolina. South Boston . Nae
ldc.ir.g 11 'if" man orfer ship-
buiines iriiwiproblbltftn terrt-
This rk-ct loifc today will likely
INSANITY RAN IN
THE HAINS FAMILY
Such is Evidence Being Pro
duced by-the Defense in
the Present Trial.
'By Associated Press.) -
FLUSHING, N. V., Pec. II. Gen
eral Peter C. Halns, IT. s. X, and hm
wife, Mrs.'. Virginia I4. Halns, .parents
of Thornton J. Halns,, now being trl d
before Justice Crane as a principal In
the slaying of Wllljain E. Annis, re
witnesses In their son's behalf todny,
and their testimony- brought out in
full detail the relationship -of 'Mm.
Claudia Halns and William E. Annis,
that caused the estrangement of -rap.
tain Hains and his wife. '
Vlenerat Ha his devtsn-A that JD his
1 pruH'c-. M'HI ueiore nis iwo utia,
Peter and Thornton Ha his, the cap
tains wife. Claudia Hahii. made a
full f-onfession : of ' her misconduct.
and that subsequently Captain Mains
manifested such poignant grief from
the 0 '"closures that his mental condi
tion became affected. The confession
which General Hains declared his
son's wife Claudia had signed on the
day following Captiln Hainr' return
from the West, was read to the Jury.
General Hains, made a Strcag Wit
ness for his son' and counsel ffor the
defense asserted tonight that fhn evi
dence was now conclusive that Cap
tain Hains was mentally unbalanced
when he shot Annis and that; hi act
was one of his sole doing. tv i
The general will be cross-etamlned
again next Monday. 4. ; , ', ;
Through Mrs. Geperal Rains, Who
wept many times- during her story,
the defense drew wut the fact that
Captain Hains in bis early life evlnqed
physical weakness, which counsel will
endeavor to prove through three ex
perts, was a predisposing cause ot in-
sanity.
MOB RULE REIGNS
IN KENTUCKY TOWN
Judge Has Taken to Woods,
SaysVHeWill Not Hold
Court Without Protection.
"'-?'( By Associated Press.) f- K
V JACKSON,; Ky., Uec- llThurtown
tonight 1 -scene of terror .between
the rtwo ; pitched camps , of ; former
Sheriff Ed. Cailahani'aild the friends
of Jamcsi' T. Dcatott :jnd "Rush Se
bastian,. for sliouUii Whom Callahan
Is -to- 1 trled. if -
sin e- woods near ."Lost: Creek Is
County Judge 8- H Taulbee, declar
Ing that he will not return to town
to hold court Sin Ue Callahan cane
unless '. the geyerrtpr, of fCentucky
senda trooi.s to 'pfiteol' hhn from the
twi, bands i urme-t men In Jackson
Governor1 ili.-'i i absent from the
fttate ami J.i n- i j Governor Cox
up to thin .um ii in. refused to send
troop. t ' , -J n :
ARIATOR WEIGHT
v FLIES 90 MILES
(By Atsoclstetf Press.)
LE MANS. Kruose, Dec. 31. Wil
bur Wright, the American aeroplanlst,
beat all previous jacroplane rej-ords
hern this evening -With a magnificent
flie-ht that lasted lor two hours and
nine minutes. Hevered officially a
distance of 7 mls. but as a maUer
of fact, counting llie wide curves, he
made over 0 ntlles. Mr. Wright's
feat was thPmorf remarkable because
of the Intense coll.
After breakinf the record Mr.
n.'.lvht wan. afi.fi inrain With M. tar-
thou as a passe
- ig Gjen'su rf.auv.
WASrilNGTOl Pec. 31. "Aftef-
Slttle practice I am criming alVng
Bng." Presldef t Roosewlt decfcif
d tVlay, afteriltting the bull's ye
GOES TO RELIEF
OF SURVIVORS
OF EARTHQUAKE
Siqiply Ship Celtic, Caj-ry-itig
Holiday ;Checr to
Pleet, on Mission.
CARRIES FOOD TO
FEED THOUSANDS
Will Stop at flihrjiltar'for
the"Fornial Orders of -
(By Associated Press.)
NEW, YORK; Dec. SljMThe United
State supply ship Celtli which was
to have met the returning battleship
fleet ' with, holiday ch"(jer, tailed out of
New- ,5 ork harbor this ; afternoon on
an entirely different mission, but
without changing 'a Single Item of her'
cargo. She -will go to Mesulna, after
a brief top at Gibraltar,-to give a
million, end -m half ot navy rations to
the earthquake, sufferers".-- ; (
-The" Idee, ef changing the.Cifltlc Into
a relief ship came to her commander.
Harry McL. Vi HuS,' last night Red
tape was out in a jiffy' and the Celtic,
with Christmas trees stilt lashed t
the'. mastheads It bad been designed
to njake the Celtk the Christmas ship
forihe fleet sailed late today. Her
supplies will not be. eaten by Ameri
can sailors, but by suffering survivors
of the t'alabrlan and lcllifl.n dlnuster.
Suffever Flrnt. ;
in the face of the overwhelmlnK
need of the Italians, the deportment
Is considering Its own nun secomi;
how they will be provided with food
Is something that will be .consider, il
later. The navy department tnke
full reBponalhillty for this sudden fill
of proviHlons belonging to the I 'mi- 1
States government to the luiiimix
without Warrant of law, and ci.iigre
will be only too well pleaxed nt iliH
evidence Of American pluck and of
the get-there qualities of the Ameri
can navy.
Just as its ships were the firnt t.i
reach, Kingston after th- West Indi.-m
earthquake disaster, so the Am-ii' aii
naval flag on the Celtic may th"
first to bring actual fund suppli--"
Messina - from anv country, . i n
thought we . are 3,1100 miles a v.i;.
Certainly the ship ha.s Ix-en dlspat. tied
to sa in record tirru In leas tlinn i .
hours after her ruptain conceived In
humane Idea.
The Celtic has in her ( aro tl'.O,
000 worth of provisions, sufficient
food for flfty thousand people for one
month; 132.000 worth of clothing;
tents enough to accommodate l00
perxons, and a large quantity of med
ical and surgical Hiipplies, According
to her orders, the Celtic Is to proceed
first to ;iliraltar, which port she
should reoeh in 12 daj-s. and where
she srioujd reeeiw congress' formal
authorization. -
(FAIR
WASHINGTON, P. C; D- 31
Forecast for Jortn! Carolina: Fair
and colder Friday; .Saturday Increas
ing coldness-., moderate- west ehlftlng
to northeast winds,; -w u -
CLEAR FIELD NOW'
BEFORE MR. BURTON
Withdrawal of Taft and
Foraker Leaves Him with
out, Rival in Race.
(Br Associated Press.)
COL.UMHl'8, Ohio., Dec, SI.
Rfprcsentiitlve Theodore E. Burton,
prominent figure In the lower
brunch of congress for the pest 20
years, will be named by acclamation
for Unit ted States senator as successor
to Joseph B. Foraker at ,a republican.
caucus called for Saturday afternoon.'
Charles p. Taft, . brother of . the
president-elect, today t formslty an
nounced . his withdrawal ' fro-ni the
race. Then Senator: Foraker, learn
ing thst -th detegstinn from his home
tMt(f" f -tin mtl tour pleitgetf Her'Tafis
wotild be turned over to Burton, ad
mitted for the first time since the
attacks were made upon him during
tho presidential campaign, that he
could no longer hope for a re-election.
Within two hours all of th "favor
ite son" anil "dark horses" had been
swept out of the field and Mr. Pur
tun was left suprTYne.
The cam -us of Haturday will be a
perfunctory affair. Mr. Burton's elec
tion will come on Tuesday, January
12. lie will serve out hlw congres
sional term, ending March 4.
Today's Hood tjdo of developments
marked (he panauge. from public lire
of one of the most nolalile of the old
leaders nf the senate Joseph Benson
Foraker. Friends of the senator de
clared today the belief thnt he would
.o rehuhilitali- hlmm-lf during the few
four years hm to he a formidable can
didate for Senator Dick's place In
I9IK but others among the state
leaders wen- Inclined to Interpret
Henator l-'orukcr's stutem.tit of with
drawal In the nature of a valedictory.
FORTY-NINE BODIES
REMOVED FROM MINE
'it;iliti'S
'olliery
I'nibaMv
of Lick Hraridi
Explosion Will
lioacli Sixtr.
'By Associated Press.)
r,l.i'EKlKU. I'i. 31. loety-nine
mile have In re, i.vere) from, the
l-fa'.'l l.ick llnineli colliery. In
will, li an explosion occurred last
Tin -da . and it it not known how
man more arc ther.-.
It h.im it rnoie iliM.iHtrous explosion
than w is at tirnt supposed, the cause
.I this being tin- fart that It was not
known how many men were at "work
in tlv mine at tlie time. There Is
-caro-i. any iloiilil but that the dead
will reach ,Hixt. j
The r.-cords of the mining depart
ment how that State Mine Inspector
l. I!. Phillip In.pecP'd this mine In
August, spending some time there,
and his report was to the effect that
the entilution Was good and the
drainage fair, that there was no dust,
no gas. and no dangerous practices
on th part of the employes, and that
the general Condition and safety of
the mlse was good. The findings of
the mine inspectors now Investigating
the explosion have not been pub-llshed-
TO l.VCHKAKB tXINHUMPTIOX.
(By Assoelatsd Press.)
. NKW ORLKAN8, Dec. 31, In fvr
thcrsnce nf the campaign for increas
ing the consumption of cotton, it wu
announced today that the directorate
of the New' Orleans cotton, exchange
yesterday adopted strong resolutions,
favoring the substitution of cotton for
various Imported products nsed In the
manufacture of bagging,' twtne. rope
etc., and also suggested -c that -the
United States department of agricul
ture make an Investigation Into the
various uses of raw cotton and publish
4 report thereon. y
SAY FEHRINOER HAD
A RAD REPUTATION
Tilt Between Attorney Gen
eral and Justice Field Set
tled Peaceahly,
(By Ateoclsted Press.) ' ' "
FNIO.N C1TV Tenn., Dec. Sl.A
half dosen wUntwses summoned on
behalf of xthe elht wlleged "night rid
ers" now on trial were suddenly
transformed Into witness Par the
xtat,e this evening. These witnesses
Included Kev. John R. Williams, Jus
tice of Peace Stephen Fields and live
others.
Each declared that Garrett John
son torn a good reputation 'and that
Frank Fehrlnger. the confessor,. was
a man of bad reputation. But each
also declared that ever since night
riding began Johnson was' suspected
ot being the captain of the band and
that while Fehrlnger was known as
a "boot-legger" of whiskey, he had
a reputatl n for telling the truth.
.The attorney general asked Justice
Held If he wore not only a sympa
thiser with the "night riders," but
an actual member of the band. The
justice denied the allegation .and a
mild sensation was created When At
torney Pierce, of tho defense, declar
ed that he proposed "to hold the at
torney general responsible In court
and, qut Of court for Indignities, dis
courtesies and insults," whereupon
the attorney - general responded that
he was willing to be held responsible
by Mr, Pierce "either in court or out
of it, for anything he had sold or
done," The court, admonished the at
torneys that unless bickerings "eased
the members of the bar would find
themselves the enforced guests of the
sheriff, . Both men .then disclaimed
any save pacific, intentions end thus
the Incfdeat cloned, , , '.' ..:..; i
When court adjourned for the day
S7 witnesses had been examined,.,
DEAD LIE IN THE
STREETS OF MESSINA
Food is Hardly Ohtainablo
and Water is Now Said to
Be at a Premium ,
(By Asseclstsa Press.)
MALTA, Dec. 81.-WlBoless dis
patches received from the British war
ship at Messina Indicate, that the
king's presence there has aided some
what in bringing a better condition.
The dispatches say:
"Although the panic has not sub
sided, the bulk of the people are be
having well. Martial law was pre-
lalmed on Tuesday, at the express
wish of King Victor Emmanuel, More
han a hundred British and many
Maltese tourists were In Messina at
he time of the disaster.
"Th dead still lie In the streets,
horrible and disfigured. The weather
very cold, with frequent heavy
ruins nnd hall. Food is hardly ob-
ulnable and there is no water.
The wireless dispatches give it long
st Of British subjects, alive or dead.
The only American mentioned Is
Htuart Lupton. the new vice consul at
Messina, and he is safe.
WILL FIGHT NO MORE,
SAYS J. J. JEFFRIES
(By Asaoclsted Prsss.)
MELROl'HNE, Dec. tl James J.
Jeffries has refused an offer made, by
John Wren, of a purse nf 130. "00. for
a. tight with Jack Johnson for the
world's heavyweight pugilistic cham
pionship, win, lose, or draw. Wren
desired the fight to take lace here
on Melbourne Cup day. In November.
In his reply to the tend' r. Jeffries
says he will fight no more
KXl'UKKKKM HIXiltKT.
(By Associates Press !
PITT OK MKXICO. Dec. a I. pres
ident Diaz today sent a telegram of
condolence to King Victor Kmmunucl.
expressing the regret of himself and
the Mexican people over the terrible
losses" occasioned by the enrihituuke of
Monday. A large fund for the relief
of the sufferers Is -being collected In
this city.
KING MUST GIVE $35,000 B0HD
BY SATURDAY OR GO TO MIL
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, Dec SI. Ball of 138,000
must be furnished by Saturday noon
by Cerdenio King, who was convicted
December 29 of larceny. In 27 counts,
of- 122,000 from tfostomere who de
sired King to buy stocks., the amount
being fixed by Judge Bchofleld In, the
superior court todayi , Thl Is an In
crease of ' (10.000 In the ball which
King furnished last June, when te
was arrested, and Wl llJ'. C.
, EARLY ACTS FOR
LIMITED TARIFF,
t
To Be Removed Wlw?n In
fant Industries Were on '
Sound Basis.
it
BY TAV.
(f- el1 rorresportdant of The Cttlieo) ,
WAHHINOTON, Deo. H1. -While en
deavoring to reach a decision on tariff
! revision. It Is being pointed out, the :
ways end means eommlttee of con
gress might with profit consider tha
conditions under which our forefath- ,
er sttteomen were led, to Impose tho ;
first high tariffs. . .!. '
Before the civil war the tariff sys
tem had been devised to raise reve
nue principally, the protection of do
mentic industries from foreign .com
petition being only a secondary Issue,
"Place a temporary tag on foreign"
goods.", had been the plea et the
manufacture, "simply to. enable us to
get our factories up and business, go
ing. Once we are on our feet you
may take away the tariff. . We , will
then be able to face the world nn even "
terms." , "...
o the acts -of im, 1121 and 11)1
were pnssed to give American con
corns a chance to get on their feet, ,
When the elvtll war broke nut tar
Iff was relied on solely to raise reve
nue. The government' expense ran
tip to 13,000,000 ft dfty. "and It we
found expedient to tag everything atpt
everybody, conditions so far -tax
atlnn was concerned were very elm
liar to those of the day of tnx-rlderi
Kn.land after the Napoleonic wars, -
when there were "laxea upon everv i
article which enters th -mouth, or
cover the- back, er I placed" under
the foot; taxes upon, everything whlelt
a I pleasant Jo see, bear, feel, smell .
or ' tnale; taxes upon warmth, light
and locomotion i taxes nn verythlng ;
that comes front abroad or Is grown
Orave liaugur,'
Because 'of the- taxes levied during
the war . the "' mnnufaotur of, our ,
country were In real danger of being
exterminated, To save then from , i
disaster, congress pinned., high tariff
on Imported manufactured products,-,
practically giving the Amerlran man -factor
a monopoly of the home mar
ket. These protective tariffs were
considered by every one, Including th "
manufnetors, to be merely temporary,
Tariff was understood to be a purely
wnr-tlme legislation n unusual : v
meartire to meet en nntisuel enier -gency,
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Immediately at the close of the wr
tax after tax wns repealed, the gov ,
ernment' heavy expense having dl- -mlnlshed
nnd the wnr-tlme tag not
being necessary. Logically, the tr ,
iff thnt had been arranged to enable
the mn mi factors to stand these t&xe :
should have been also lifted. - 1
But the manufactors ohjectod. ' Ily
this time they hiul become very pow
erful. Prom- poor, struggling con
cerns ot the outset of the war, they
had accumulated great wealth, It we
under the high protection tariff of
the war time the oil trust, the sugar
trust and other monopolies; that are
still In existence were born. ' ' ,
"By no means raise thev tariffs," i
urged the special Interests. "Free
trade means ruin." ,l,
The trusts had wlreidy become
strong factors In polities, and so the
hen that laid the golden eggs wa
not killed.
Kvcry now and then, however, sonfn
statesman, with a personal conviction
that the tn riff system ns It remained
was not lulr to the consumer, urged
a revliiluii General Ourlleld, repub
lican, in n speo-h on July 13, 114,
said - There must be a rational and)
consideriite adjustment of the tariff."
president Urant, In a message to con-
grens In lix-emlier, 171, declared
'those articles which enter Into -Our
manufactures, ami are not produced
ut home, should be entered free"
i l. n laud levoted an entire mes
sage to tariff Tension. The keenest
grief In his life was that he woe pre-
nteii, by poiitiai chlcannery, from
revising the tariff In accordance wlthv'
the views of Ids heart. ' .
ItllFA' I-7TKO COliONEL.'
WAKHINOT'iKl. Dec. 81. I.leutejl
nnt l oioiK'l . VV. Koseoler. corps oC
engineers, has Is-en ordered to relieve.,
col. .l. ;. V. Knight temporarily of,,
bis duties as chief engineer or the de
portments of cast and the gulf- . -
as-the result of Investigation mad
at the suggestion of the assistant 1-.trk-t
attorney,, w he claimed that the ,
sureties were not worth the full,
amount. ' - ' !
Judge Behoneld today Ordered that
those furnishing new-boll should 1"
held Jointly and sevemlly for tli f'
amount. - An lncre.iH. it
bail
UtTcre f 'pending U''
on
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