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TfcufdT. SirpteaW? s, 15u THE CA UO ASIAN. 9TROXG LETTER OF PRESIDENT. (Continued from Page ! Some of the criticisms are Jtut and gome are wide of the mark and mott unjust. The truth is, that under the old protective idea the only purpoe was to make the tariff high enough to protect the home industry. The ex cess of the tariff over the differences in the cost of production here and abroad was not regarded as objec tionable, because It was supposed that competition between those who enjoyed the high protection would keep the price for the consumer down to what was reasonable for the man ufacturers. The evil of excessive tariff rates, however, showed Itself In the temptation of manufacturers to combine and suppress competition, and then to maintain the prices so as to take advantage of the excess of the tariff rate over the difference between the cost of production abroad and here. The Payne tariff bill la the first bill passed by the Republican party In which the necessity for reducing rates to avoid this evil has been rec ognized, and It is therefore a decided ton In t he richt direction and it ought to be accepted as such. On the whole, it was a downward re- vuinn. narticularlv on articles of necessity and on raw materials. The actual figures on the first year's op eration of the law demonstrate this. It must also be remembered that the tariff rates in the new law on import ed liquope, wines and silks were In creased substantially over the Ding ley rates, because these were luxu ries and it was Intended to Increase the revenue. The charge that the present tariff is responsible for the Increase in the prices of necessities Is demonstrably false, because the high prices, with very few exceptions, affect articles in the tariff upon which there was no increase in rates or in respect to which there was a substantial reduc tion. Tariff Board. Perhaps more important than any one feature of the operative part of the tariff law is that section which enables the Executive to appoint a tariff commission or board to secure the needed information for the prop er amendment and perfection of the law. The difficulty in fixing the prop er tariff rates in accord with the principle stated in the Republican platform is in securing reliable evi dence as to the difference between the cost of production at home and the cost of production abroad. The bias of the manufacturer seeking protection and of the importer op posing it weakens the weight of their testimony. Moreover, when we un derstand that the cost of production differs in one country abroad from that in another, and that it changes from year to year and from month to month, we must realize that the precise difference in cost of produc tion sought for is not capable of definite ascertainment, and that all that even the most scientific person can do in his investigation is, after consideration of many facts which he learns, to exercise his best judgment in reaching a conclusion. The Commission, however, already selected and at work, is a commission of disinterested persons who will as certain the facts, not in a formal hearing by examination and cross examination of witnesses, but by the kind' of investigation (that statis ticians and scientific investigators use. When the Commission com pletes its work, either on the entire tariff or on any of the schedules in respect to which issue has arisen, and the work of the Commission shows that the present tariff is wrong and should be changed, I expect to bring the matter to the attention of the Congress with a view to its amendment of the tariff in that par ticular. Of course, this will be im practicable unless Congress itself shall adopt the parliamentary rule, as I hope it will, that a bill to amend one schedule of the tariff may not be subject to a motion to amend by add ing changes in other schedules. It will thus be possible .to take up a single schedule with resnee.t to which it is probable that a great ma jority of each House will, be unprej udiced, to submit the evidence, and to reach a fair conclusion, and this method will tend to avoid disturbing business conditions. For these rea sons It seems to me that all Repub licans conservative, progressive and radical may well abide the situation with respect to the tariff until evi dence now being accumulated shall justify changes in the rates: and that it is much better for them to vote for Republicans than to help create a Democratic majority which would be utterly at war with the protective principle, and therefore would have no use for the findings of the Tariff Commission, as we may certainly infer from the solid Demo cratic vote in the present Congress against the necessary appropriation for the Commission's work. Results of Payne Law. One great virtue in the new tariff law, including the corporation tax, is that, taken with the earnest effort of the administration- to keep down or. reduce government expenditures V-and to reform the methods of collect ing the customs revenue, It has, by its revenue-producing capacity, turn ed a deficit in the ordinary opera- tions of the Government of $58,000,- 000 for the year ending June 30, 1909, to a surplus In the first . full year of the law, ending August 5, y l 1910. of 126,000,000. From reTe- nue standpoint, then, there can be cot controversy over the effectiveness of j the new law. Increased revenue In-1 dicates Increased imports, and an ex-, amlnation of our Imports during the - past year will disclose a most sub-f tantlal Increase in manufacturers ; material, from which. In the making j of finished products, whether for ex-j portatlon or home consumption, has j come a larger volume of employment for our wage-earners, a larger pur chasing power and a greater con- sumption of the products of our farms and fabrications of our fac-j tories. So far, then, as such Impor-; tations do not displace home produc- Hon, they must be of benefit to all. j Generally speaking, a full measure j of industrial activity in production, j transportation and distribution haaj accompanied the operation of the i new law. Under the maximum and minimum provisions we have con- eluded treaties with all foreign na-j Hons, gaining the best possible terms for entrance to their markets with-j out sacrificing our own. By the ! Payne tariff law we have at last done ; Justice to the Philippines by allow-1 ing the producers of those islands the benefit of our markets, with such llm- Itations as to prevent injury to our j home industries. Again, thep resent law in its cor poration tax imposes a new kind of tax which has many of the merits of an income tax. It taxes success, not failure. Unlike a personal income tax, it is easily and exactly collected, and by an increase or decrease in the rate enables Congress with exact ness to regulate Its income to its necessary expenditures. More than this, it furnishes an indirect but ef fective method of keeping the Gov ernment advised as to, the kind of business done by all corporations. It is one of the most useful and impor tant changes in our revenue laws, as the future will show. In spite of the j criticisms heaped upon it at its pas sage, no party responsible for reve nues or anxious to retain every means of legitimate supervision of corporations will repeal it. Interstate Commerce. The next most important work of the present Congress was the pas sage of the amendment to the. in terstate commerce bill. The Repub lican platform favored amendment to the interstate commerce act with a view to giving greater power to the Interstate Corrfmerce Commission in regulating the operation of railroads and the fixing of traffic rates, and also favored such national legisla tion and supervisiom as would pre vent the future over-issue of stocks and bonds by interstate carriers. Af ter the adjourmment of the Congress at its extra session, I invited two of my Cabinet and a member of the In terstate Commerce Commission and a member of Congress to make rec ommendations as to the needed. amendments to the interstate com merce act. These gentlemen report ed to me, and in September last, in a speech in Des- Moines, Iforeshad- owed their recommendations as I in tended to make them to the Congress for the amendment of the interstate commerce act: ' First, by the establishment of a commerce court; second, by empow ering the Commission to classify mer chandise as well as to fix rates for classes; third, by giving the right to a shipper to designate the route by which his goods shall be transported beyond the line of the initial carrier; fourth, by empowering the Commis sion to consider the justice or injus tice of any rate without the com plaint or initiation of a shipper; fifth, the empowering the Commission to suspend proposed increases of rates by carriers until the Commission shall have a chance to pass upon the reasonableness of the increase; sixth, by provisions for the Federal regula tion of the issue of stocks and bonds by interstate railways; seventh, by a j clause forbidding an interstate com merce railway company fram acquir ing stock in a competing road; eighth, by a section permitting the making of traffic agreements be tween competing railroads limited in point of time and subject matter, and subject to the approval of the Inter state Commerce Commission. These amendments were in accord ance with the text of the Republican platform. Subsequently, bills were drawn embodying this recommended legislation, in which, while the prin ciple was maintained, there were lim itations introduced, as justice sug gested, after a conference with all the parties interested. The bill was submitted to the Congress, and after a ereat deal of discussing, hnth in the House and the Senate, it was en- j acted into law, with many amend ments which did not materially change the effect of the recommenda tions except to strike out certain pro visions promised in the Republican platform, to permit traffic agreements between railways in spite of the anti trust law, to forbid one railway com pany to acquire stock in a competing company, and to secure - supervision by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion of the issue of stocks and bonds by Interstate railways. For this last, was substituted" provision authorizing the appoint ment of a commission to consider the evils arising from the over-issue of stocks and bonds, and the methods of preventing such evils by Congres sional regulation. In addition to the purposes already recited accomplish ed by the bill, the so-called long and short haul clause of the existing law (Continued' on Page 3.) DR. JOHN M. FAISON " If I Had it in My Power Carolina," so Declared Dr. Faison the Democratic Candidate for Congress in the 3rd District, on More Than One Occasion DR. FAISON The Proof Furnished by Men of Character Who Heard Him Make the Hostile Declaration Against the Schools Dr. Faison Against Progress and Public Improvements Will the People of the District Give Him More Power for His Reactionary and Destructive Policy ? The following from the Clinton News-Dispatch tf the 15th, relative to the Democratic Congressional candidate in the Third District, brings to light some interesting facts about the policies of the candidate, Dr. John M. Faison: What the IDispatch Says. The editor of, this paper has been reliably informed that Dr. John M. Faison, the Democratic candidate for Congress in this district, was op posed to the public school system in this State and wanted to destroy it, and we have made editorial comment to that effect several-times recently in our columns. Dr. Faison seeing the disastrous effect that his "Red Shirt" .record, and his open hostility to the public schools were having upon his candidacy in the district gets mad and desperate, and sends us a short clipping from our col- umns, and in his reckless disregard for the truth says we have lied on him. We print below his letter, and In order to show whether or not we have misrepresented him, we have procured from Col. Geo. E. Butler, our Republican candidate for Con gress, some correspondence with prominent Democrats and Republi cans, whose honor and veracity can not be questioned, which letters es tablish the truth of our charges be yond doubt, and shows Dr. Faison's unfitness for Congress or any other office of public trust in a district composed of enlightened and intel ligent people. Dr. Faison's intem perate letter to us and the replies thereto are set out as follows: Dr. Faison's Reckless Denial. "But how can people who have to depend on public schools to educate their children support Dr. Faison. who hap always opposed and has fought the public schools all his life." The News-Dispatch, Aug. 25. Mr. Thos. E. Owen, Ed. News-Dispatch, Clinton, N. C. Such statements as these are lies pure and simple, and you will cor rect the same In your next issue if you have any self-respect; please publish. JNO. M. FAISON. Faison, N. C, Aug. 30, 1910. Here is the Proof. Here follows the correspondence with Colonel Butler, which is a sufficient reply to Dr. Faison : Clinton, N. C, Aug. 31, 1910. Mr. Thad Jones. Kenansville, N. C. My Dear Sir: I am reliably in formed by several reputable gentle men that Dr. Faison, the Democratic candidate for Congress in this dis IF I HAD IT IN MY POWER. I & a o -n L WOULD ABOLISH J f-v p the public ; IubX WOULD ABOLISH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS I Would Abolish the Free School System in North TRIES TO MAKE DENIAL trict, has always shown hostility to! the public schools, and as late as this summer appeared before a joint meeting of the Board of Education and Board of Commissioners of Dup lin County, and in a speech opposed a movement to enlarge and improve the public schools in his home town of Faison, N. C, and that he stated publicly in that speech that if he had it within his power he would over throw the whole public schools sys tem in the State. If any such state ment was made by him it is import ant that the good people of this dis trict, of both parties, should know it. I am writing you, as a man who stands for morality, education and good citizenship in your county and State, and as I understand you were present and heard him, I want to know the facts in regard thereto. Yours very truly, GEO. E. BUTLER. What Mr. Thad Jones Says. Mr. Jones replies as follows: Kenansville, N. C, Sept. 1, 1910. Maj. Geo. E. Butler, Clinton, N. C. My Dear Sir: Your letter of .Aug. 31st to hand, and in reply I beg to state that In my opinion you have been correctly informed as to Dr. J. M. Faison's record toward the public schools, and as to what he said here in a speech before a joint session of the Board of Education and Board of Commissioners of Duplin County ili ivi mm a mis Bumuicr. i was present as a spectator and heard him make the statement in an address opposing the public school movement in his town. "That If he had it in his power he would OVERTHROW THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. L. A. Beasley, Chairman of the Board of Education, heard his speech, also Mr. D. S. Hines, editor of the East - era iaruuaa xsews. ana numerous other good citizens. This statement has been the topic of much comment among our people, as many of us were surprised and shocked at same from a man who was then and Is now chairman of the Board of Commis sioners of my county, and a candi date for Congress in this district. As you know, I do not take a very active part in politics, but spend much of my time at educational and religious gatherings, and make pub lic addresses for the moral uplift of the people, and as it is not a party question, I do not hesitate to do any thing I can to advance the cause. And I believe you to be a friend and promoter of public education as your past record shows! ' Yours very truly, - THAD JONES. ' Corroborated by a Prominent Mer chant. Corroborating this letter of Mr. Jones we print the following letter from L. M. Cooper, a prominent mer chant of Kenansville: Kenansville, N. C, Sept. 2, 1910. Maj. Geo. E. Butler, Clinton, N. C. Dear Sir: I have seen a copy of the correspondence between you and Mr. Thad Jones, and while I was not in the courthouse, and did not hear his now famous attack on the public schools, yet I heard it freely discuss ed soon afterward, and in a conver sation with my friend, D. S. Hines, Editor of the Eastern Carolina News, he informed me that he was present and HEARD DR. FAISON SAY THAT IF HE HAD IT IN HIS POWER HE WOULD DESTROY THE PURLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN NORTH CAR OLINA. 1 Yours truly, L. M. COOPER. What the Democratic Deputy Sheriff Says Dr. Faison Also Against Public Improvement. A similar letter to the one above, addressed to Mr. Jones, was also written to Mr. John S. Herring, the Democratic deputy sheriff of Duplin County, and follows his reply: Kenansville; N. C, Sept 2, 1910. Hon. George E. Butler, Clinton, N. C. Dear Sir: Youts of Sept. 1, 1910, received, and in reply to same will say to you that I was in a meeting before the county commissioners of Duplin County when a petition was before them for a graded school for he town of Faison and vicinity, and in that meeting Dr. J. M. Faison, chairman of the Board of Commis sioners, did everything in his power u defeat the granting of such an election, AND DID MAKE A STATE MENT THAT HE WOULD ABOLISH THE WHOLE FREE SCHOOL SYS TEM IP HE HAD THE POWER TO DO SO, AND I HAVE KNOWN DR. J. M. FAISON TO OPPOSE ALL PTJB UO I3IPROVEMENTS $XR THE COUNTY OF DUPLIN, ESPECIALLY THE FIXING OP A JAIL AND A GOOD COURT HOUSE. Very respectfully, S. HERRING. Mr. Weatherby, of Faison, and Oth ers Heard tluj Same Revolutionary Statement. MtMr Weatherby- a Prominent citizen of Faison. N.' C. Dr. Faison's home town, in reply to a similar let ter addressed to him replies as fol lows:" - Fatton. N. C, Sept. 3. lit Maj. Grow ErtJutler, Cll&tofc. s c Dear Sir: lotxr letter rrtd her d arise taj abtcnr froa and wai handed me on ciy yesterday afternoon. la regard to the Khool stj;- and tb position of Dr. J. M Fx baa taken In th mattrr. U rci. lows: A fe" months, "ago, Mr. Paul strong. Mr. William Smith. t; rV ter and othert, detirinjc to is-rc-v the public faclltlea of tbl tox. cured a petition signed by cuzr.-ro-u property holder rwSdSnjc ta district and presented the , & Joint t colon of the board cf !. Hon and board of comsiiioar of Duplin County. Tbe grantinc ef petition wa vigoroutly oppod vy Dr. FaUon, who appeared In :rc and by attorney before M session and. In tbe court of v.t speech opposing this peiltlon stated that If h had hl ay he would deatroy (or oVmolUh) th whole public school njt-m of rth Carolina. He made the same statement a days before to me In front at hu of flee In Faison, and I am Inforrz! that be has made the same Utn;ct on another occasion. I hare Just called on WUka Smith and Paul Armstrong, and iltj also state with me that Dr. rJ.. did nay that If It was In hi iw rr he would destroy the public nduni system In North Carolina. I remain. Yours rery truly. C. E. WEATHERBY. Now. to the Intelligent and cultur ed citizens of the Third District of North Carolina, we submit tbe case. It was bad enough for Dr. F!oa to oppose and seek to destroy the public schools In his ta. which Is the only means thu 800,000 school children of this State have of getting an education, and to prepare them for citizenship; but the more deplorable part of it U that he should have denied It in pub lic print and called the editor of this paper "a liar" for exposing bim. We have not lost our temper, yot. Doc tor, and we don't propose to, but we are determined that the peoplp of this district shall know what manner of man you are before they elevate you to Congress. Speaking candidly and temperate ly, we feel that your election to Con gress would be a public calamity, and would turn backward the wheeli of progress and educational advance ment In this district .for a decade. We have not yet lost confidence Is an honest and Intelligent electoral, and we do not believe they will doii Another Letter From Dr. Fnl He Gets All the Proof no Wanfc. Later: Since writing the above, i have received another letter from Dr. John Faison," dated September 5th, and wo quote from that letter as fellows: "Again you state that you caa prove that I favor abolishing public schools. I simply demand your proof forthwith, which you cannot produce. "Respectfully, "JOHN M. FAISON "Faison, N. C, Sept. 5, 1910." Replying to this communication, we simply refer you, Doctor, to the above signed statements, from your countymen, both Democrats and Re publicans, who heard you make these damaging statements which you cow try to deny. It was too bad for you ever to have made such statement, but for you to deny it and call ugly names, -puts you in a class where few men of self-respect H1 support you. OLD VETERANS. HEAH von? C03IRADES. (Continued from Page 1.) In the Confederate Army and that on account of such service be haJ been unable to make a living for him self and wife for five years; that t the meeting of the Board of Pensions for Randolph County, July, 19" 1908, 1909. he did make application for a pension and furnished a doc tor's certificate showing that by rea son of such service In the Confeder ate Army he was unable to earn living and that he Is now worth le and has not been worth more than $250 during the past five years; that since making such applications has never received a pension, but has asked by letter and in persoa those In authority about the same different times 6ince"; that be did t9 before W. C. Hammond, a member of said County Board, during Jal' 1909, and that the said Hamma1 did at that time tell him "if btf would vote the Democratic ticket te (Hammond) would secure tbe Pa slon for him, and If he did not vot it, he would not secure it"; that certain Democrat candidate for tS Legislature did during the fn r 1908 come to him and say: "If (Modlln) would then agree to the Democratic tleket that his slon papers would then be Bent to Raleigh the day after the elects and he would receive bis penia thereafter." In witness hereof I hereby set ox hand and seal this the date iT?a above. (Signed) B. N. MODU Witness: W. L. Nanee and Mr B. N. Nodlln. We, do not believe that the De crata have a man smart enoafj frame a tariff bill that would aff sufficient revenue and at the time would not protect the intere Durham Herald. I
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