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Till: OiKUVEIL FAYETTEVILLE, N. C TIILI13DAT, JULY 15, 1909. E. J. HALE, Editor and Proprietor. E, J. Hal, Jr, Business Managtr. U B. Halo, City Editor. THE 14TH AND 15TH AMEND MENTS ATTACKED BY DEMO CRATS IN THE SENATE, AND NO REPUBLICAN VENTURES TO QAIN8AY THEM. . - A Washington telegram of Thurs day gives thla highly interesting ao count of the clever, move ot Southern Senator to bring before the country the historic Invalidity of the 14th and 15th Amendments: Southern Democrats in the Senate , achieved a stroke in this week's de bate on the tariff till when, during the discussion of the income-tax reso lution, they got into the Record with out any controversy statements of his tory and public records Indicating that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend ments to the Consitutton are of doubt ful validity. Only one Republican ventured to tread upon this ground, and he re treated precipitately as soon as he dis covered he was about to be entrapped either "coming or going." The Senate was debating the Bailey proposition to submit the Income tax amendment to conventions instead of Legislatures of the States. The op-.-. ponents of the convention idea drew from its supporters suggestions tlut Legislatures had been known to vote one way and then another on the same proposition which sought to amend the Constitution. Senator Heybura ridiculed the idea that Legislatures could go on voting . pro and con on such propositions. He denied such a right Legislatures Voted Both Ways. - "If that is so," said Senator Rayner, "then the Fourteenth Amendment is ' Invalid, because they did exactly what the 8enator from Idaho says they had , ao right to da" . Senator Bacon, no Republican ven turing to dispute the Democratic con tentions, called attention to the fact , that -the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of States and was proclaimed, and that among those ratifying States were North Carolina, South Carolina, Vir , ginia and Georgia; that they were aec . essary to the number required to secure- the ratification. Prior to that time the Legislatures of the States bad rejected the amendment; and t was after they had rejected it that subsequent Legislature ratified It It was only by means of counting those four States that the Fifteenth Amend ment was declared ratified; and they bad previously rejected the amend ment, each one of them., x Senator Brown, who had yielded the floor for interruptions, upon resuming bis speech gave no heed by word or sign to these excursions by Demo crats into one ot the most fateful . fields of the country's blstory. The rest of the Republicans were equally careful to refrain from comment In the running debate later on Sen ator Bailey recurred to the subject of the war amendments as instances i f . the difficulty attending the adoption by Legislatures of ' constitutional " amendments. "Both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments." he said, "today are of doubtful validity ,1n con- sequence of the action, and varying - action, oi me several states.' - Senator Money's Version. - Senator Money, of Mississippi, who -Jest sees Ion introduced a resolution. etui pending, directing the Attorney- , General to institute proceedings to de termine the question of we validity of the Fourteenth ' . and Fifteenth Amendments, obtained the floor and reviewed, the history of the adoption of the two amendments. In his Illumi nating atyle the Mississippi Senator committed himself to the convention form of ratifying the income-tax amendment. , - "The great difficulty that we bad in " passing the last two amendments.' said Mr. Money, "which seemed to be so very necessary in our system of po litical economy as to x the status rf several million freedmetv would seem to argue the necessity of a ratifica tion of the income-tax amendment; yet we snow the difficulty. I am one of those who do not believe that either the Fourteenth or the Fifteenth Amendment was ever validly made a part of the Constitution. . "'It bss been said that when a State has voted to ratify or reject, It has ex- faausted Its power. I do not believe there is any authority in good com mon sense and sound reasoning for any such suggestion. ' There is co doubt that it has been acted upon; that is true, but the action was forced by the exigency of the political itt na tion: As a matter of fact, four South ern States that had rejected the Four teenth Amendment afterward assented to it. But in the meanwhile two States that had assented to It had , withdrawn their assent and . rejected K. " . .... Ohio and New Jersey Rejected It "One was Ohio and the other New Jersey. The paper that was then is sued by the Legislature of New Jersey Is one of such high statesmanship that It deserves to rank next only to the Declaration of Independence. ' The State of Oregon, It is true, rejected the amendment, but that was in Octo ber, and the promulgation of the Sec retary of State, under the law of 18J3, was made July 28, 186. So the action of Oregon simply meant to express a etiange oi sentiment in that State, and In no effect validated or invalidated the ratification. But it was held that four States had first rejected - the amendment and afterward ratified X; and they were counted', because they came In before the promulgation." He pointed out that New Jersey and Dhio changed; yet they were not per mitted to make that change. Senator John Sherman introduced a resolution declaring that three-fourths of the States had ratlfid the Fourteenth Amendment But Mr. Money contend ' ed that the Senate had no right to take any such action.. He dlacusned In detail the method provided for amending the Constitution. He will take tip the question at the next ses sion of Congress. , ' ... ,. COMMEMORATIVE PORTRAITS A SUGGESTION FOR FAY ETTEVILLE. Chief Justice Clark's five volumes of North Carolina Regimental Histories will stand as an Imperishable monu tiiit 1o his genius and marvelous n- ,! . y Tt( puma patriotic impulse V' a i ... ., J Win to conceive and ex .i;!t that work has turned his ' ' s to nnntlier comprehensive i t i'.'iwtrallug the State's hla : v m il ii pirations, and we find him, . '! ( : ..!' Turns nd dress at Tlunis , " i i 't, j!-:.' the following 's, !:i 1' i t -r-'"f out ot which, it will be seen, ; FayettevUle may play a notable part: "North Carolina may well follow the example set here. Where coun tlcs and cities are as yet unable to erect statues they can surely place portraits. The city of Raleigh should tarry to a successful conclusion ts halting effort to place a bronze statue of Sir Walter Raleigh In Nash square. Vance county should place a portrait of the "Great Commoner' In lta court house. Graham could do the same by Governor and Senator William . A. Graham. Davie county should have a portrait ot General William R. Davie. Rutherford, Cleveland, McDowell, Swain, Clay, Jackson, Madison, Polk, Henderson, Yancey, Mitchell, Lincoln, Gaston, Ashe, Moore, Chatham, Pitt, Pender, Nash, Wilson, Jones, Greene, Washington and other counties might well place portraits in their public buildings of the great men in whose honor they were named. Raleigh has in its town hall a portrait of Sir Wal ter Raleigh and I believe Ashevllle has of those two great sons of Bun combe ' Vance and Merrimon, - but none of Samuel Ashe la whose honor it was named. Morgan ton has no por trait in Its town hall of Daniel Mor gan. Winston has none of Joseph Win ston and Greensboro none bt Nathan iel Greene. The town hall of Fayette vitle surely should hare portraits of Flora McDonald and LaFayette. Both the city of Wilmington and the county of Harnett should have por traits of Cornelias Harnett. Wayne should thus honor Anthony Wayne and -many counties could thus com memorate their distinguished sons who are dead. I will not enlarge the list for other names will occur to all. The trophies of Miltiadea would ot allow the young Themiatocles to sleep. The State, its counties and cities, may thus Inspire our noble and aspiring youth to emulate the deeds of the great dead, whose services to their country have earned them honor. r.-. - -': -: : ' p . ., ' ' '. ..... i f Vith this silent worship of the great V v of old . ,, C : , .The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. . "What has been done here to honor the memory of one who served nls State and people, faithfully and well, may well be followed elsewhere la North Carolina." v NEW THINGS FOR FAYETTEVILLE Ml' Z'- .;T0"DO, I . We published yesterday $- Judge Clark's suggestion that FayettevUle place portraits of Flora MacDonald and Lafayette in the old Town HalL This should be done, and. we believe, will be done in the near future. But the pa in tings should be by painters of ecognised standing we mead, recognised aa painters out In "the great world." ,-The English,', whose portrait painters are held to be the best, do not look with favor upon Am erican art in this direction, as a ruU; and It must be confessed, if one la to judge from most of the portraits at our State capital, that they are right Xevertheleas, there are some first rate portrait painters in America, and we should do nothing until we are able to vmploy one of this kind. Z.:1-:;J ) As to the particular pictures I Flora and Lafayette which should be copied, a satisfactory one of Lafayette does not oefcor to the writer at this moment That of Flora, "however, which the Raleigh News and Obser vers Commemorative edition of Jane 18, ISO, contained, is highly artistic. It was an Illustration in Miss Alice Campbell's article. ' and was copied from the small picture brought over to thjs country by Mr. James Banks about' 1850. and presented by him to Mrs. Ferguson, as we undAr- it and.-, t The other sew thing which we have in mind for FayeUeville ia the secur ing of the route through thla town of (he great automobile highway, which is la contemplation by influential pos sessors oi tne new locomotive ma chines,, which are destined to work such wonders In transportation In the future. :- We nave recovered the charter, and we have secured waterworks, sewer age, lights and pavements. It is true that some, of . those . who engaged in ue cnaiter and the paving move ments have been severely punished for doing so. . But we do not belie' that a like fate awaits those who shall succeed la bringing tie automobile highway through Fayette villa We have reason to believe that a reaction has taken place very recently In oppo sition to those who seek to punish progressive citizens for promoting great public works for the benefit .f FayettevUle, and we think we are safe In guaranteeing to the promoters .1 this new work nothing but praise and thanks. Who will undertake to Induce the millionaire automobilfsts and their hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ten wealthy associates and sympathizes along the route, to locate their road through FayettevUle? Mr. Tufts, of Pinehurst, who is Inter esting himself so much In this matter, favors the "capital to capital" rou'.e, and wants that to pass through his properties. Why should not Fayette vUle Join with him on the basis of ad vocating the "capital to capital" route with two roads from Raleigh to Cam den one by way of Pinehurst, and one by the old stage and telegraph line from Washington to New Orleans, which came from Raleigh through FayettevUle to Camden? In fact, as soon as Raleigh and Camden are fix ed upon, a glance at the map will de note FayettevUle as a necessary point on the shortest line between them. And, then, too, where would Mr. Tufts, whose highly interesting views on the subject we append, find a prettier and more historically Interesting place than FayettevUle as an attraction for tourists? Camden is very quaint and Interesting, and Cheraw Is said to have grown beautiful; but neither FayettevUle. ; ; , equals By all means, let FayettevUle set to -work to secure this great highway s one of her assets, without delay. That secured the "resort" hotels will follow necessarily ----- - - - Mr. Leonard Tufts' Argument A dispatch from New York of July is as follows: No one man has done more for the cause of good roads In the south than H. Leonard Tufts, the president of the Capital. Highways association and the proprietor of tbe I'in- Isurst, N. C, win. ter resort, in Moore county, which is proverbially known as the poorest county in North Carolina, his liberal ly. Initiative and progressive example have resulted In giving that section many miles of the finest roads ov.r which the scout cars of the Herald and The Atlanta Journal passed during their long run from New York to At lanta and return. At there quest of the Herald, Mr. Tufts who has made an especial study of the capltal-to-capital route, over which the two cars have Just returned o New York from the Gate City of the South, has prepared the following ar ticle on that subject: An Ambmibtious Undertaking. i"The coming reliability competition or the New York .Herald and Atlanta Journal seem a very ambitious under taking, but I have personally been ov er a large portion ot the route, know a as the capital route, via Washington. Richmond. Raleigh, and Columbia, and probably the worst piece of road in the whole section Is between Wash ington and Richmond, or at least this will be the worst section unless great ly Improved by October 1. s "The Herald and Journal could have no Idea what excitement they were launching when they inaugurated this oompetitfon. and I doubt even now if they have the slightest conception ot the Interest or of the far-reaching effect of their idea. In going over the roads from Raleigh, N. C, to Camden, 3. C. recently, I was astonished to find that In every little back country store It was the topic of conversation and to say that they wanted it to coaie their way, one and all. Just gives a taint idea of the enthusiasm. In one small town where you would doubt their ability to raise $5, they raised 16,00b for the improvement ot their road, and so It goes. v ;. Good Stretches of Road '' '. ; Mr. Gilbert N. McMillan of the Gor ham. N. H.. who- has been a guest at Pinehurst for many years, began to talk a bob ut a through route from New fork, to the south with me and others three years ago. His enthusiasm made possible a short sketch ot road between Southern Pines and Pine hurst. N. C and the effect of this short stretch has been that by next fall the iutomobiUsta wlU find through Moore county as fine a stretch ef road aa will be found anywhere. Capt W. L Eve rett, of Rockingham, in Richmond soonty. North Carolina, has built in the last two years by hla enthusi asm one hundred and fifty inilea of roads, and has given bis time as a ci vil engineer to laying them out and su pervising their construction. The peo ple of u.e south certainly appreciate what the route means; they . know that k wUI be a profitable Investment to them, and they know that the peo ple along thla road will progress and succeed as has been the case all over the world where good roads have been uj!t ..- - : ' "The Most Practical Route." . "The route that seems to me most practical is from Washington to Rich mond, .to Warrenton, . Henderson, Lonlsbul-g, Raleigh. Apex. Monetize, LockviUe, San ford, Lakeview, Sotrth srn Pines. Pinehurst, Jackson Springs, Elba Springs, - Rockingham, Cheraw, Society HUI, Lydia, Bishopvllle, Cam den and Columbia. - 1 have been over the section from Raleigh to Camden nd so can speak from experience nf bis section. The road from Warren con to Raleigh to the Wake county Ine, near Merry Oaks. Is very good. The road from Merry Oaks to Lock illle. a stretch of about ten miles, is pretty bad. but 1 believe it can be Im proved bMalL The road from Lock viUe through Lee county, a distance of- about eighteen miles, is only fair aow, but I feel assured it wlU be per sected by fall. The road through "leore county will be perfect by the -ml mere is a small section between Cameron and Vass that has not been completed, and another sman section teftween Pinehurst and West End rhich has not been eomnleted. bat ey are now at work pn these two piaces. . ., 1 - . '. Big Private Subscriptions. "The road from Jackson Springs to S:ba Springs will be built by private subscriptions, and. work has already itarted on this. The road from there through Rockingham to the line be tween North and South -Carolina, is ood now, and the board of trade of Rockingham has taken a tremendous interest in it and assures me that wUI be made perfect The. road from 3outh Carolina line to Cheraw is only rair, nut is perfectly passable and will l think, without doubt be imnroved The road from Cheraw to Society HIU w poor, but I understand this Is also being achieved rapidly. . The road from Society HIU to Camden, with the exception of one bad ford between Bishopvllle and Camden, is rood now. and the many automobUlsts along this line assure me that It will be oer- fected and that a bridge over the ford wui oe built before falL - Many Motorists Interested. , This leaves only two short stretch es between Camden and Warrenton about which there is any doubt' and 1 feel sure that these sections wiU be made good by fall. These roads are used in summer and winter for the most part by automobiUsU at Hender son, Raleigh, Southern Pines. Pine hurst, Rockingham, Cheraw. Society mil, i.yaia, utsnopvllle and Camden. "There are nrobablv between two nunared and three hundred machines owned by the people along this route. ana me most or the road is frequently traveled by them. - The caoltai route has one great advantage over those west of M, and that-is an automobile can go over the sandy, natural roads of this country in summer or winter, wniie i woum aery any machine to co over the clay roads- of the western routes unless they have been mac adamized, j It Is a fact uat it is all two horses can do to pull a man and a Buggy over some of these roads in the winter time when they are at their worst, and which 1 will defy any automobilfst to go through under those conditions, and I doubt if one could get mules enough to pull his ma- cnane out It he once got into the mud. . - .The Western Route. A large portion of the western route has been macadamized and there are more miles of thoroughly good roads by tills route, but the gaps are deep red clay. The clay roads are perfectly passable 'and In fact very good in the summer time along the western route and often times even id to Christmas, but It seems to me that road should be selected that would be practical at all seasons of the year. "inis work of the New York Her ald and Atlanta Journal will not only do more towards bui.ding through roads In the south than anything that has yet been done, but the route selec ted will be the route that wUI become known to automobillsts in the north and will be the route used by many thousands ot tourists In the future going south. If a route is selected that is satisfactory in November but not. in January and; Febrnary, one of its greatest benefits will be lost. ' Connections at Capitals. "The capital route not only con nects the national capital -with the capitals of Virginia, North and South Carolina, but it goes through one of the most historically Interesting and one of the oldest settled sections of the south. It also goes throtifrti some of the finest farming lands In the Uni ted States. Many of the farmers rale thousand bales of cotton a year and own tJio!r8utorr.o!lef, T&ey are the proitresnive people of the sections uu'0. ttiey live and are looking up to as the funnera In Now York and No hngland were some hundred or nio years ago. The old cities of Kl luond and Raleigh, Camden, and v luuibia are known to the northe,- people to a greater or less extent, but sticn places as Cheraw, one ot til oldest cities of South Carolina, has probably never been beard of by the traveling public in the north, yet it one oi une most oeauuiui cities or towns that it haa ever been my pleas ure to visit . Many Good Hotels.' "The Hotel Jefferson at Richmond ia far famed tor Its good management and at Southern Pines there are sev era! fine hotels. At Pinehurst, the property which 1 own, I have four hotels which cannot be surpassed and It haa been found the mecca for out door sports. Jackson Springs and Elba Springs are interesting old re sorts that hare been patronised by the southern people tor generations. At Camden yon will find one ot the most beautiful old cities that can be found in the south, wnh fine old estates and three modern hotels. Columbia boasts of one of the best resort hote; in the south and an lnterestlna- cltv. besides the fact that it Is the capital oi soma Carolina. . '. Small Coat Involved. r "The greatest factor In Inducing the road to go by the capital route is the smaU cost by which It can be perfect ed. It costs only $300 a mile to build a perfect road through the sandy country, wnereas macadam la practi cally the only material that can Ue used for road building along the west ern routes and this, aa everybody snows, wiu cost at least three thous and dollars a mile. Nature has bless ed the sandy section with frequent pockets of a mixture of clay and gra vel, ana it is simply necessary to hold this into the well drained sand and roll it to make It a good road, it costs only about fifteen dollars a mile a year to keep such a road in renalr. For the same Amount of money In the same lengtn or time, therefore a ten mUe road can be built by the capital route, where only one mUe can he built by the western routes. . 1 "Again the grades are very much easier aiong one capital route, f t where the country is not level it is on ly rolling, whUe along the -western routes you are running through the ioouiuis i tne mountains - "AU ot the prominent middle south resorts Ue In the line ot the capital route and there are many hotels that are accustomed to catering to the most fastidious guests, - whereas along the western routes there are no resorts and tbe hotels cater to com mercial patronage, and, however, good they may be as commercial hotels, they are not places as a rule that tourist enjoys." . . EXTRA SESSIONS OF' LEGISLA- . TURES.T0 ACT ON INCOME -TAX AMENDMENT. A telegram from Lincoln, Nebraska . "William Jennings Bryan in a State ment to-day regarding the amendment to the tariff bill adopted by- the Unit ed States Senate, submitting to the various States a constitutional amend ment providing for an income tax, said: 'Democratic governors In States Having Democratic legislatures bought to can extra sessions at once and cure immediate ratification of the in come tax amendment. ' Now is the time to act. " . - . ; Mr Bryan is right Now la the time to act. .The action ot Democratic leg islatures, now while the . Republican iron Is hot, will be of Incalculable ser vice In forcing action by States whlcl have Republican legislatures. - Action NOW may turn the scales.. . We are surprised that the Democrat ic newspapers and pubUe men hare ot seised the opportunity aa , Mr. Bryan haa. But, after all, he is the only efficient watchman, on the tower of Democracy. . ? DOES NOT LIKE MR. SIMMONS' ; RECORD AS MEMBER OF THE t PLATFORM COMMITTEE AT DEN Duaham Sun. . " V, : The chances are that North Caro lina wui have something to say in making the : next platform unless somebody packs the delegation. FREE RAW MATERIAL. The Commoner.l r On another page will be found a let ter written by Senator Bailey, of Tex as, to Governor Beckham of Kentucky Governor Beckham's paper contained a criticism of Senator Bailey's nml- tion, and as the senator has taken Jie trouble to write a somewhat lengthy defense of his position It may fairly oe accepiea aa a Das s for discussion. If he had offered It as an Individual position it would have had only such weight as one would desire to attach to the Senator's individual opinion, but ue maaesnis nosiuona mattirnf wort. ers discussion when be says: , "My tow against placing iron ore on the free list was based upon the ancient creed of the democratic party, which requires all manufacturers to nav a duty on their raw material as long as a duty is levied on tbe finished pro duct. . t - . ... -,, ... , . The senator admits that the doctrine of free raw material was adopted as a pan or tne democratic policy on the tariff question from 1892 to 1894, but Insists that It was a wide departure irom our ancient and weU establish ed position." Ue also understands that some of bis votes have been con trary to tbe snecifia demands of-the um aeroocratic national platform. -ine senator contend (bat he has ukykt uuerea a single sentence, or cast a vote, that will warrant anvonn in supposing that he has any tolera. uon ior the doctrine of protection, ana yet in ue very letter In which this protestation appears near the conclusion be says: "But 1 shall nev er agree to discriminate, even within purely revenue duties, against the lum ber mUl and -in favor of the factory." If that sentence means anything, it means that he insists that tbe lumbar mm snail nave its share of whatever Incidental protection a purely revenue duty may give. --. Tbe issue raised bv Senator Railxv is an exceedingly important one and the very fact that it is raised by a man of his ability, makes It necessary that those who are opposed to It shall present the arguments on the other side. Benator Bailey would regard It as a political sin to favor a high tariff on an -article produced In his own state and a low tariff on an article produced somewhere else but consum ed in his state, but it so hannem that the policy wfcioh fie bow present as me "ancient creed " of the party is tbe only policy which 'gives ."nro. taction" to Industries of his state. East ern Texas has a considerable saw mill industry and he declares that he is not willing to discriminate against tbe saw mill in favor of the factory; In western Texas there are a number of sheep growers who want a tariff on wool and a number of cattle rais ers who want a tariff on bides. Lum ber, wool and hides are tbree of the important raw nmterisli, a tariff pn manufactured products cttu not be said to protect Texas because Texas 43 not to any great extent a manufacturing state. The position taken by Mr. liulley enables him to defend a duty on wool, a duty on hides and a duty on lumber as a matter, ot principle rattier than as a matter of favor. In the case of hides and lumber the duties are so low as to be represented as revenue duties, but the tariff on wool is higher. The main difficulty with Senator Bailey's position la that it reals upon the same fallacy that all other protec tive arguments do, namely, that it overlooks the fact that the persons who pay a tariff tax must necessarily largely outnumber those who receive the benefit of it, and it also overlooks the fact that a burden placed upon the manufacturer is alwaya transferred to the consumer through the operations of a compensatory duty. ' i If Senator Bailey was in a position to frame a tariff law all by himself he would probably put a revenue duty of, say, ten, fifteen,- twenty or twenty five per cent on hides' and leather and then put a similar duty on shoes made from the leather, and he would treat wool and the manufacture of wool, and lumber and the manufacture of lum ber in the same way. He would de fend it aa a revenue duty but It would give incidental protection on hjdos, wool and number, i But Senator Bailey must confer with others in tbe framing of a tariff bin, and experience has shown 'that the manufacturers are always able to se cure a compensatory duty whenever a duty Is imposed upon the raw material used In manufacturing, and It is not likely that this condition can be chang ed soon. As the tariff on raw material Is transferred to the consumer, a vote in favor ot a tariff on raw material a, In effect, a vote to increase the .tax upon the consumer and, as compara tively tew are benefited by the tax on raw material, as compared with the number burdened bjr the tariff on the manufactured article, a tariff on raw material can not be defended on the ground that It Is a benefit to a major ity of the people. The only people benefitted by a tarff on raw materi U are the people engaged In the produc tion of the raw material, and the fact that they happen to live in the west ern statea Is no justification for the tax', because there is scarcely a west ern state In which a majority of the people are engaged in the production of any raw material that can be pro tected by a tariff. If a majority of the American people were in a post ton to be benefitted by a tax on raw material, it might be argued with more justice that a tax on raw material would, to some extent, off-set the tax1 Which they have to pay on account of the tariff on manufactured articles, but as comparatively few produce rad material, the price ot which can be Increased . by . a - tariff, , the attempt to help them by a tax npon raw material results In increasing their burdens.. . For every farmer . benefitted by tariff on hides or on wool many farm ers are burdened because of the tariff on these raw materials, therefore tariff on these articles can not be said to benefit the farmers. . ' As has been shown in former edi torials, the tariff collected on raw ma terial is but a small part of the Increas ed price collected on domestic raw ma terials by domestic producers through the operations ot the tariff. From purely revenue standpoint, therefore, the argument falls. It betrays a con fusion ot ideas to defend as a revenue tariff a tariff which enables tbe pro tected Interests to collect many dol lars ior eacn dollar collected by the treasury department ; . . ' The steel trust, for Instance, will the able to collect from twenty to thirty times as much from the people on do mestic iron ore as the government will collect tnrough the tariff on imported iron ore. - -. - - out mere is another objection to senator Bailey's position which can not be overlooked by those "who are seeking to reUeve the neonle from th iniquities of a high tariff, namely, that oTorr miemoi to extend tbe benefits of protection even Incidental protec- uuu increases tne number of those who feel a pecuniary interest In the protective system. In the Fifty-second congress an attempt was made to put wool upon the free list. The advocates of a high tariff became very much alarmed and warned the manufactur ers mat u they dared to favor fnw wool in tne hope Of rettinr cheaner micrii uiey wouia risk tne over- wrow oi tne entire system of protec tion by alienating the Wool ffmvnr. The warning was a logical one and it was effective. The beneficiaries of pro tection must "hang together or they BeparBieiy.v it Minna n no other reason for putting hides, Juui- "w, wooi ana otcer raw material m the free list, a unfflclent nun. . . ,vwu .ULilu be found in the fact that it wonM in. crease tne number of Persons who An a pecuniary Interest in supporting the vi protection. Tne sooner wa can get the wool growers, tbe pro ducers of hides, the producers of luui- r, ue producers of iron ore and other producers of raw material out irom oenind the protection breast me sooner we may hope for nueoure tanii reform. Senator Warren, of Wvominr in cussng the duty on hides said recently that the old policy of free raw material, would, if adopted, be the death knell of the protective system and Senator rir on me same dav warned ha eastern republicans that the farmers -vuiu um. oe wiuing to buy in a pro tected market if thev ha ,n ..n L . free trade market Surely the demo- ais ougni to to wining to have the oui audi vi Drotection" mnmAoA- surely they ought me tanners admitted to the ranks of the tariff reformers. - ; If Senator Rallev int, log reduction, desired to maintain the high tariff, he could not possibly find a more effective wav tn iinnti,, k. high tariff system than by increasing f ha ntttvitiAH ai a . . . benefits, avowed or incidental. a- uuiuuci ui uiuw wnn inner ia i cording to bis estimate the tariff on umber will yield a revenue of some thing less that one and ihM.w.. mlUons a year, and the tariff on iron ore according to the estimate furnish ed by others, will vinld a ,. .a about one quarter of a million less man two millions would be derived from these two items nii it,. democrats who voted for a tariff on lumber and iron ore have Iniured fh. consumers to tbe extot of many, many millions, for their votes are be ing used and will be nsed tn new h. criticism of the republican leaders The democrats who have voted for tar iff on lumber. Iron ore and nthr materials have paralyzed their useful- ues as lann reionners.' By voting to iow -wuicn b nrnnnor m ninm. lnent republlcns' wanted to rxtn. Ihd. hnVM , iL . . ... ' v "" repuoiicans a club winca win ne usea against our party n the coming campaign. It Is "spar ing at the spigot and wasttnv tk. uuiiB-iioie to naggie over the little revenue derived from the tariff nn - material whan the attenrpi f, retain un revenue manes it mora dimwit not impossible, to lessen th ri unions that the people are bearing. . . Senator Bailey is a great lnv j one Is astonished to find that he Bt tempts to Justify the refusal to put lumber on the free list on the ground that lumber constitutes but twenty per cent of the cost of hniMin. . houe and that here Is a thirty-elx per cent duty on other material iuit t oue building. Lumber constitutes a 'f proportion ot tb. cost el fcarni and f(noes, but It Is neither logical nor reusounblo to say that we will refuse a small reduction on lumber merely because we can not got a redtietion on other things. The proposition, aa Mr. Bailiy Htutus It, U -that If wo can not mako the protectionists reduce Uie thirty six per cent tariff on eighty per cent of Uie material entering luto home building, we will not allow them to reduce the twelve per cent tariff on the twenty per cent (that is on lum ber). Senator Bailey contends that it makes no difference to the steel trust whether tariff Is levied on iron ore or not, but Senator, Smith of Maryland, declares that the representatives of the steel trust expressed a desire to have the tariff on Iron ore retained. It la safer to judge their Interests by tbelr request than to accept Senator Bailey's opinion. - - - - The democrats' contend that the tar iff is a tax and that a tax levied upon an imported article enables a manufao turer to collect a like amount upon nil competing domestic articles. Aa tne steel trust puroduces from twenty to thirty times as much iron ore as is Im ported, It Is reasonably sate to con clude that the steel trust wlU derive a great deal more profit from the iron ore tax than the government will de rive revenue. . . t The democratlo platfrom demanded tariff reduction and specified that the reduction should begin by putting up on the free Ust kn porta that come in to competition with trust controlled products. : Iron ore offered a splen did opportunity to apply the platform, but Senator Bailey and seventeen oth er democratic senators refused to do so. ' v . -', In hist letter to Governor Beckham, Senator Bailey does not discuss the binding force of platforms, but he haa been quoted as denying that a platform is binding upon congress he has to declared, at least by his vote in favor of a tariff on lumber, for the platform specifically demanded free lumber, . iMr. Bryan, In his acceptance speech last year, pointed out that a candidate It be objected to a platform should re pudiate it before an election, not after wards. :' . The Commoner respectfully-submits that while an' Individual senator cr congressman may be willing to repu diate a platform after the election the masses of the people have acted upon the theory that a platform Is binding, and the democrats in the bouse and senate have charged the republicans with.. Indifference to their platform pledges. It la unfortunate that any democrat should foUow tbe republi can example and thus strike a blow at tbe .fundamental doctrine ot repre sentaUve government, namely, ' that the representative shall give voice to tbe wishes of his constituents. It is unfortunate, also, that democrats in tbe senate and house should put them selves in a position where political opponents can accuse them of voting benefits to trusts foe however guilt less the democrats may be, the party Is sure to suffer If the votes so caat win actually benefit the trust, even though they were caat without any In- J tention of benefiting the trusts. ' 1 . If the doctrine announced by Sena tor Bailey becomes "the doctrine of the democratic . - party ' . the party might as well abondon Its opposi tion to a protective policjt First, it cuaiuio uiu lutnuirers can HOI OB bound by platforms, then there is no hope of resisting the Influence that the protected Interests bring to bear upon the public officials. Second, if, Instead of lessening the' number of those benefits by protection, we are to increase the number by extending pro tection to aU industries, we will find it next to impossible to make any head way in the drecUon ot tariff reform for those who derive a pecuniary benefit from the tariff even though that ben efit be incidental wiU be active oppo nents or any reduction, while the pub ms oi any reuueuon, woiie tne pub - . feeling only a general Interest will unable to cope with the apeolal lo - lic, be terest The Commoner regrets that Senator Bailey haa felt It bis duty to take the two positions above referred to. If the party joins him In the position that a platform Is not binding, then the voters are left at sea and have no way of enforcing their wishes. If the party endorses the position taken by Senator Bailey in regard to raw mate rials the day of tariff reform is more remote and the position, ot a tax-rid- aen people more hopeless. 8nator Bailev'a LatUr. Writing to former Governor TIao'v. ham of Kentucky and defending his conduct on the tariff Senator Salloy ui icxas saiu. My vote against niacins' Iron - ore on tne iree list was based unon the ancient creed of tbe democratic party, which requires all manufacturers to pay a duty on their raw material as rong as a duty is levied on the finished prouuet. N . ui course, l am nerrontiT asom . mat ior a lew years , dnrlnr Mr Cleveland's domination of the demo cratic party the doctrine of free raw material was adopted as a part of the democratic policy n the tariff ques- uuu, out mat was a widej departure from our ancient and well-established positon. Not only did the democratic party in the old Urn oppose it as aa unfair advantage to the maniinfantur. era, hut tbe advocates of tbe protec- uu Bsiem toemseives advanced it one metnoa oi protection. iney tauKht and . thov hi-muiri "tK-uiiu, tne . manufacturers should be protected a well by reduc ing the cost of producing their articles as by Increasing the price which they """w 'w mem. ; flavin alwav denOlifiP1 nmttWtnri I I a specie, of favoritism to the manufac- l to .up. port it in the particular form f re- mitttn Mia n.T,r.n.,. , . . - - mito uueev on I tnelr raw mataHni , ..m 1 x TO do that is atmnlv tn lv , I riL., 7 A. u V uouDie Lrt ta ylew of tte uSaJFL yiteJmu of J and ha be;n 1 supported by the manuiacturers, it I would be eingularly Inconsistent for the- democratic party - to advocate giving them frA iraAa In k. .1 --in. wiu. uiem witn the J power to tax American consumer on - I am awara m.. for free iron ore were .V2 belief that they were th. hZtZ wenei mat they were thus belnin I what are called IndLSV "255 cmnanlo. w. Z . . I the'.steei irus but ttTTarS does no appeal with any force to me i!.ad.0' e7ln taxes or remit) hum mo neip one group of man-1 nfacturers to compete against anntw Kroup,. my desire la to compel both group to com note for tha th.,. of the American people. There never I , . 1 eek' though they have re wbs anything more fallacious than to I "r every other remedy known to ;ww mat tne steel trust can be In.' I Jured by free trade -in Iron n U - cause thev tlnvi . 7. ... h part of their sunnlv on that moto-ioi 6 mTZ??' fflfU5r,al alrea"r bought and paid for, It makes no particular difference to ihmn -hQi w . .. I J. levied on It or "not" rttQr can outain for their finished 0 ,, U l vih9t w0- they do not eil tbe raw material. ani viw quently, the price of It la of Tin mn ment to them: but-their nrrmnorlr and profit ar ' determined by th inaor ant tislf cmt of oroductinn as compared with the price at which tliey can sell their unfinished products. The proposition to exempt some mil lionaires from thoir Just taxation, a order to strengthen them In their competition with other millionaires, does not commend itaolf to my Jiid mont; because it loaves the consum ers of thla country wholly out of the calculation. I have no doubt of the bonesty of the men who think that they could in some way injure the steel trust by putUng iron ore on the free list; but I do very gravely doubt their wis dom tn that particular respect While the lumber question Involves to some extent the theory of free raw material, it does not Involve it to such an extent aa to be decided according to It; and I voted against putting lum ber on tbe free list for the very good and sufficient reason that the present duty on that article is less than 12 per cent, and raises more than f 1,700,- 000 in revenues. I am not exactly able to. see bow a democrat who be lieves in a tariff for revenue only can Justify himself in surrendering that $1,700,000 collected under a duty of leas than 12 per cent While It sounds very well to declare that we are in favor of giving the people cheap homes, we should not mislead the pub llo by such a declaration. 1 Upon the average, lumber consti tutes about 20 per cent of the cost cf a building, and we could hardly be asked to take the duty off lumber, and still leave the' duty on anything else that enters into the construction of a bouse. . The average duty on every Other material required in a building is about 86 per cent as against 12 per cent on lumber; and. surely a democrat must hesitate before he removes a 12 per cent duty from the product of the forest while leaving a 36 per cent duty on the products of the factory. When the government can dispense with the revenue, I shall be more than glad to put upon the free list every article which enters into the construction of a home; but I shall never agree 10 discriminate, even within purely rev enue duties, against the lumber mill and in favor of tbe factory. As to very much the larger portion of this country, free lumber could not affect its price In the. slightest degree, because freight charges make It impos sible to sell Canadian lumber In eight tenths ot our country. It would doubt less be of some benefit to the states which Ue along the Canadian border, but I am not willing to surrender a revenue which the government needs in order to give free trade In lumber to those communities which-support the policy of protection. ; ' . i GRAY'S CREEK ITEMS. FayettevUle, N. C, R. F, D. No. 8, STATEMENT OF CONDITION FOURTH NATIONAL BANK OF FAYETTEVILLE, N. 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