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VOL XXIX. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911. No, 50 EDITORIAL BRIEFS! :? ia docsn -Jnk Uncle Sam is I y:r her rlR j . ;.:-t they c&call Professor - -; -f h a Kept, an lie. r. thr; morkins-hircitil not fctop ,r.;r any where near the State Ag ;ral Department. A:, i another Kalelgh speech was which no Democratic politician' - .-i? tempted to answer. Mr I-;. J. Justice says there is a jokf-r" in the State's anti-trust law. Ai 'l i-'o the Democrats were trying to 'Ic'f ive the people. Democrats are still talking of Craig as their, candidate for Governor. But he hasn't yet told thf-m where he stands on the trust ration. Professor Coon has asked his crit ics to roine out in the open and an- fv, .r his Raleigh address. But none; Lao come forth. Of course the Democratic poli t. i.Mis will try to destroy Professor ( on, hut none of them will attempt ?o .inswer his argument. They wouldn't even have a three months' school term in some of the; di.-tricts if the patrons of the schools! did not support them by a special lo cal tax. The Charlotte Observer calls the Sherwood pension bill a "steal." And ! to think it was a Democratic Con-! 1 crmaa fVlof nnaV tA tYi r "oIaoI" t v. o o luu w 1 uoiivu cues a tcai through. ouiiict ui must- ouuiuciu feiuukiiiia who voted for the Federal pension hill are now praying that Mr. Taft will save their political scalp by veto ing the bill. Ex-Speaker Justice says certain sections of the anti-trust law were not written in good faith. And to think that a Democratic Legislature, that passed the bill, was guilty of bad faith! Speaker Champ Clark refers to some of his Democratic opponents in Missouri as malicious liars. That doesn't sound like they have much Democratic harmony in Missouri either. Champ Clark says that a malicious lie is a poor foundation for a cam paign. The machine Democrats In this State might profit by Speaker Clark's statement. Congressman Doughton wants the Government to establish some weath er stations in the mountains of North Carolina. We can tell Mr. Doughton right now that it looks very stormy for the Democratic party in the State next year. Ex-Governor Glenn has announced that he will campaign next year in the interest of Aycock's candidacy for the Senate. And for this announce ment to be made just when Aycock thought his boom was moving along smoothly. The Democratic politicians have claimed there is no politics in the management of the public schools in this State, but their claim was prov en untrue, and they howled down Professor Coon when he attacked their methods of conditing the public schools. Champ Clark and ex-Governor Folk are having a lively fight to see which one can get the Missouri dele gation to support them as the Demo cratic nominee for President. Why not let the Democrats nominate both of them if they want it what differ ence will it make? When the Federal pension bill passed the House Congressmen Fai son and Webb did not vote, but ex plained several days afterwards that they really opposed the bill, but were Paired with absent Congressmen. It is funny they did not make this ex planation until they were jacked up about it. MAKING A BAD RECORD The Democratic Congressmen Have Utterly Ignored Their Campaign Pledges for Economy DEMO CRITIC PENSION STEAL They Voted Million for Federal Pensions But Not a Cent for the Confederate Soldier AIo Refused to Reduce Their .Mileage Allow ance to Actual Cost A North Carolina Soldier Says It's Time for the Confederate Soldiers to Think and Vote for Themselves The , Russian Passport Tangle Presi dent Sent Report of the Tariff Board to Congress Yesterday. Washington, D. C, Dec. 19, 1911. I (Special to The Caucasian.) The record which the Democratic House of Representatives have made since the opening of this session of Congress Is as bad as it is possible for any party to make. One of the loudest slogans of that party in the last campaign was economy, with a big E. The Republican party was denounced for its big appropriations and for general wastefulness and ex travagance. The Democratic lead ers promised that if they were given hold of tho nation's purse-strings that they would save at least $300, 000,000 a year in the expenses of tho Government. The Contrast of Promises and Per-; formances. The first question of "retrench-1 ment and reform" that came up was for the members of the House to vote to reduce their mileage from twenty cents per mile to the actual amount spent by each member in coming and ; going between their homes and the National Capital. This was voted down. So the Democratic members ; decided to take twenty cents for ev-j ery mile they travel out of the Na- i tional Treasury, while they pay less than 2 1-2 cents a mile. Reform like charity, if it is honest, must begin at home. So here we have a most striking example of Democratic in sincerity. The Democratic Pension Steal. One of the next propositions was not one looking to economy, but one to try to catch votes in the next elec tion. A Northern Democratic Con gressman offered a bill to extend the pensions for Union soldiers by put ting on the pension roll all who were in or followed the Northern army and pay each one at least a dollar a day, whether he was hurt or not and whether he was ever in a battle or not. This bill calls for an appropri ation of $75,000,000 in addition to the $140,000,000 which is now being paid in pensions. At first no one thought that such an absurd and monstrous bill would be taken seri ously. But when the argument was made by the Northern Democraitc Congressmen that this bill would catch all of the old soldiers' vote of the North and help to elect a Demo cratic President next year, there was a great change of Democratic senti ment, and the bill was rushed through the House by a large ma jority. This proposition is more than a steal it Is down-right corruption. It is a scheme to take $75,000,000 from the peoples' taxes and give it to men who do not deserve it, in order to try to bribe enough voters to elect a Democratic President. Strange to say there was not a single Democratic Congressman to raise his voice in protest. and say that if the country could afford to spend $75,000,000 for pensions then this money should go to the Southern soldiers who fought as bravely and as honestly for what they thought was right as did the Northern soldier. No, it was not necessary to think of the Southern heroes of the war between the States, he might suffer and die in rags, for the Southern Democratic politicians thought they had his vote any way. An old Confederate soldier from North Carolina who was here last Monday said that he thought It was time for the Southern soldiers to be gin to think for themselves and vote independently as had the . Northern soldiers and their sons. This old soldier further said that the low prices for cotton, high taxes and new public school books in the State were enough to open the eyes of all the other voters of the State in addition to the old Confederates. The Russian Passport Tangle. The Russian government has re cently been refusing to honor the passports of "the United States in 'the hands of American citizens, espe- rhyme of P I I ,tMmmi Christmas- Ffk fcC I And"tnJ5dn ufeffled&th h iwifd Let it be pure and strong Srngof the hearts brimmed over With the story of th day Of the echo of cruldfsh voices That will not die away. Of theblare of the tasseled bugle. And the timeless clatter and neat Of the drum that throbs to muster Squadrons of scampering feet. ButAlet your voice fall fainter Till, blent with a minor tone, km temper your sondwith thebeautv Of the pity Chrift hath shown And sind one verse for the voiceless; And yet, ere the sond be done, A verse for the ears that hear not. And a verse for the sightless one. For thoughit be time for singind A merry Christmas glee, Let a low, sweetvoice orpatnos Run through the melody. mi in . JAMES cially when they are Jews, as she 18 bound by treaty to do. 1 The Democratic House seized on; this fact to prepare and rush through a resolution denouncing uussia ana ,i j l x i. n x 3 1 rt c. i UIIlitUUlUg LUctL iue llCdlJ WILLI ivua. sia should be at once abrogated. The language of the resolution was so in temperate that President Taft has sent a message to the Senate asking that, the resolution ot the . Hous? should be amended and couched in proper and dignified language. This the Senate has done. The Report of the Tariff Board. The President will on to-morrow, send to Congress the report of the Tariff Board showing the difference in the cost of labor and production in the wool industry in this country and in foreign countries where wages and the plane of living are lower than here, and will ask Congress to lower the tariff on wool and woolen goods in accordance with the facts officially gathered. The country will watch to see how the Democratic House acts on these official facts. President Slakes Recommendations, and distribtuion of the great crops The President sent to Congress the of the Soutn' especially cotton, have report of the Tariff Board on Sched- ben handled. ule K of the tariff bill and with it a The matter of working out a gen message recommending that the rates eral co-operative proposition was left on wool and woolens be reduced. The to the council who will devise plans report shows that the existing duties especially with reference to market on the fine qualities of wool and ing and distribution of the cotton woolen goods are in excess of the cost of production here and abroad The President calls attention to these points urging that the revision of the schedule he proceeded with at once. He praises the report of the Tariff . President, Cary; Secretary and Board and says it Is a complete and Treasurer, E. C. Faires, v Charlotte; exhaustive report, and points out State Organizer, J. Z. Green, Marsh that the report of the Board is unani- ville; Business Agent, J. R. Rives, toous. The President does not recom- Sanford. mend any definite rates of duty, but recommends that the proposed re- PACKER WILL LOSE MILLIONS. vision adhere to the policy of protec-' tion based upon the difference in cost Great Britain Cuts Off Army 3Ieat of production at home and abroad. "MATRIMONY COURSE NOW. Los Angeles Girls Taught Courtship and Mothercraft. 1 (Los Angeles Correspondence to New Y rk World ) 0 : A course of matrimony has been included in the curriculum of the Gardens Agricultural High School. Five classes of girls are daily tak ing advantage of instruction In court ship, matrimony, the care of babies, mothercraft and domestic science. It is planned that boys in Los An geles shall be permitted to take the course next year, but some doubt is expressed about the need of this. It Is argued that "the female of the species" will be so adept in the mat ter of courtship and marriage by the end of the year that she will have lit tle difficulty in imparting her knowl edge to the less deadly male. The girls are taught how to deport themselves during courtshipfl and in structed in household management, home ' dietetics, housekeeping ac counts, dressmaking, millinery and even in such practical matters as how plumbers are supposed to do their work and how much they should he paid. laughter. -A WHITCOMB RILEY. STATE OFFICERS ELECTED J North Carolina Farmers' Un- ion Held a Very" Interesting Meeting at Wilson Committee is Named to Work Out Plans for Better -Alarketing and Distribution of the Crops Big Barbecue Served to the Delegates in Banner Warehouse. After a most interesting meetine the annual convention cf the North Carolina Farmers' Union came to a cose at wllson Friday afternoon, President Barrett was present and aeiivered an interesting address and Mr R A N Wilson, of Mississippi, was also present and explained Mis- sissipprs cotton holding and selling nij,n Much work has been accomplished by the convention and in addition to ' State matters discussed, the selling crop The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, H. Q. Alexander, of Matthews; J. M. Templeton, Vice- Contracts Until the Suits Against the Packers in the United States Are Settled. Dispatches from London to Ameri can nanpra rIaIa that th "RHtfah Government has declded t0 exclude all the American meat packers against whom prosecutions have been ,nstItuted In tne United States from tendering for contracts for the supply of meat to the British army and navy pending the settlement of the suits. The President of Armour & Com pany at Chicago says that the con tracts of the indicted American pack ers with the British army, estimated roughly, has amounted to between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 annual ly. The trial of the meat trust in this country is now in progress, but it may be some time before the case iS finally settled. The Appeal to Reason, the Socialist party organ, contents itself by saying that the McNamara brothers, were not Socialists. Yet that paper aroused sentiment in their favor by abusing and villlfying officers of the law and all who aided in ferreting out their hellish crime and brought them to the bar of justice. The Appeal to Rea son is welcome to the solace it can squeeze out of the part it took in ar- raying wrong against right in this j McNamara case. Union Republican. fACfSABOUTCIIRISTdASte The Air it Full of Well Known Signs of Xht Holi day BUT EGGS ARE ABSENT More Chars" .?alfit the Tfl A4 minilrtUm .Row Ml Mr. Bryan H lm in 1V-J Forty Year -Why ChritA Otijtu to Ik Kept an a Iteli-iouji llolidajr Santa Oats U a Grail Clliwo - When Chrittmaa Waa Flrvt Orle- f braeid and How th 0rtttUnf Were lloranl Up In Their Oiarch 1 Other Topic IMeud. nilkinivile, N. C, Dec. IS. If 11. (Correspondence of The Cauoulan-Enterpriie.) I don't her ter look at the calendar the way ot -or pancakes aa4 boUd ter tell that Chrittmaa it not far off,! custard for Christmas. ! vouli tetk fer thar air a-plenty or tigni. sign plainer but ml jht rloUU om law. that no one kin fall to understand. ' We nilkiatriUe people air great oa An Just think! We've got at fin ajiaw observance. -lot ov hens so far at looks goet, at Another thing that it troabila it you could find in a day's travel, an j U that cotton it down to a little mor nary egg fer Christmas cake! Tho! than S cent now. At thU time 11 hens just won't lay. Eggs air away j year hlt WUI aboul u nU a dufer. up yonder in price, too; 30 or 40encm of i0ms c c,Qt9 a potlli1 s!nc cents a dozen, or $30 or $40, I forget ) the completion or Congrei changed, which. At any rate, no eggs air inj At a glane tbat dosj.t 1ook m lnj;or. site for bakin a cake, an them other Unt al blt reaIly u. wora W0 o. articles so , necessary along about 5 mcr lhat moSt of the preiBt prlc Christmas. "We will be bound ter j represent the cott or mltla th cot bring some more charges ergin the ton an. thst tDe proflt a rasa. bt Taft administration. If Mr. Bryan j u awl wrapp.d op !a taa 6 ceatf; W(l had been pullln the wires things ; are not gettSnV then hit become a would her bin different an eggsvery mriont matter. ,f a merchnt would hev bin goln a-beggln at 6 ! huv an artlpl. t nn tMhf or 8 cents a dozen. But some ov my nabors air mean enuff ter say that the 6 or S cents would hev bin miss in, so most people would bin with out eggs anyway. So what air you goiu ter uo in Eica cases.- 11 you ditiont. Just to with the farmer an air not pleased, you kin do like thelfeIl cottoa crop Thefa Ba Defn ail: man I wuz readin erbout not long j election since cotton o!4 at 14 and ago. He lives away up in New j 15 cent. Hampshire. Some forty years ago, j - . ' . when he wuz thout thirty years ov! J J? UJlt' told hiz father an the old man ob- fJ .7 iL 1 K . jected. The son went to bed an' Iz j tbat hfM OTern eat, ttWn 1 still in bed. havin lain thar fer forty j f ! I1 lhln' u But Jn 0 1 t a . m m mm i years. So If any ov your readers air j not pleased with the administration! ov political affairs in this country, they can go to bed an sleep hit off. ; . . . ' . . T7T : the same old Idea but operated dlf Christmas day hez bin celebrated , ferently. Whether the Gorernment some 1,910 times. Hit Iz the most!win some tlme gttp ,a an. help QUt sacred ov awl the holidays. An yetj ,n 8UCh matters remains to be seen, our manner ov celebration, speakin j n0we?er. let us hope that the wortt in a general way, iz growin worse ,2 over an. that thcre w a re. awl the time. An this country Iz no 1 adjustment without goln too far Into exception to tne general rule, wner- ever any noticeable effort iz made to celebrate the Christmas holidays, an most countries do observe the day in some manner, be it a Christian or pagan land, large or small, hit iz the time ov awl times for drunken rev elry, flddlln an dancin, boisterous noise an everythin except the right way. While hit iz time that many city, town, an' country churches have religious services in these late years, the tendency iz to the other direc tion. Santa Clans, the very busy individ ual who iz supposed to travel with great speed an' climb down the Inside ov many thousands ovhlmneys after midnight on the morning ov the 25th ov December an' fill millions ov stockings with nice things such az fruit, nuts, candy and toys, still managea to cover most or the known world an scatters joy an' gladness with a lavish hand. Az he get around so fast an visits so many ,TTa ct H n r in kta. lin airships or somethln ov tho sort. for most ov hiz visits are made he - tween he hours ov eleven p. m. and 5 a. m. Thus in about six hours your nnclA Santa Clans actuaHv vlsita sev- eral million homes, climbs down the chimneys an fills nearly awl the stockings found hanging before the fireplace or in any position. An re member that awl or this work iz done in one nite, for he can't afford to put in more time. Children air more or less impatient an awl expect an' de mand promptness about Christmas presents. The first record of Christmas ob servance wuz a little more than a hundred years after Christ- The early Christians were not allowed to observe the day in safety. Before the day ov Constantine many cruel ties are said to hev bin practiced up on those who desired to observe the sacred holiday. The ancient ruler, Dioclesian, having found a large con gregation assembled in a church celebrating the nativity of Christ or dered the doors closed an' the church set on fire an the entire congrega tion wuz burned with the church. You will say that this act wuz very cruel an' wicked. Of course hit wuz. But hit simply proves that wicked ness iz az old az Christianity, if not a little older, an' that you cannot disagree with some people at all un- e-a air lis Uf ;f lit l Use tm tk mtm t e fellt 5.t $tm ftXlf Wl ! fcrrir s mlUh sow t f to fcf liifr tijt,s4 ?ffl -. Kot lassg ax a trs a, Sse?f S Stmt or No ?t CrH& t2?ar4 U ?rv-t &$ fofos tJut Mf Hrttf c&sssaisseaury l it ?MU xteol tnum c th gin. 1W ii ta -4aci!rl zntt, a ter v t?ft tf. s 4 lit ei;4tfaai gM to fc rth o;c!fctJ3. CerU!& sat a ta los o kss4 t&at a roU pot rrN4 U. alt tfi. A&4 Si u ifMn la a -le4 -tffacbrrV awrsitly, Us a atSM)&br uj lp4 to t fttUy ctrf4 wtla awl the eWneau b ry to hxlth lit rty rtrcu ax th lit:. But I is cot willia' to thai "'-7. 11 Vv e.. I ml or th teachers or 12 SUto nb- cribe4 to er Wlier r. wbat a tw f did. Hit It sot likely tU&t tt ot tt people w&o Jolcrd is tho feltaiac ro I eren teachers. Meat ht? Ma eoss pollticUnt la thai crowd. At eict aa othtr IncredUatJ air to scarce. w will not hara such la It at something like f 2, r, apt to feel purty good. But If he bay it at one dollar an' is forced to tell hit at $1.10, $1.00, or perhap 80 or f 0 cents, he cannot praise business coa- plan by buildln cotton warehouses and cotton iz beln stored to keep hit StTlt t ha Vi a n si m rw r Via mAAfAA unknown paths, whether hit be pri vate or Government warehouse. -A Merry Christmas to all. Az ever, ZEKE DILKIKS. GREAT A G RI CLTTURA h PROG RESS IX TOE SOUTH. What Ir. Galloway Who Has Charge of the Gorernment Farm Demon stration Work Kay a in Ilia Annual. Report. Great stress is laid upon the value of the fanners' co-operative demon stration work being carried on In the South by the Department do Agricul ture in the annual report of Dr. B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, which has charge of the work. A an instance he cite the fact that the average yield of cotton' on demonstration farm was more than 85 Per cent Sweater than the arerar !ld f the Statc- "Eren j!i', tfeK add f" DOt rePrwn j fu" 11 of the work, because I e ct ton raised under demon.tra- uuw a oeuer percentage of lint than that grown by ordinary methods Again, the average yield of corn on the demonstration farm, he point out, showed an Increase of more than 93 per cent over the average produc tion under ordinary methods. Co-operative administration, he say brought about widespread Inter est and greatly Increased practice la maintaining soil fertility by the use of legumes, a greatly Increased ten dency to grow home up?l!e and make cotton the caah'crop; nearly twice a large sales of improved farm machinery in the South during the aspt year is In any preriou year, and a great increase in the number of pure-bred stock Introduced and, grown. The most noteworthy feature of the demonstration work in boll wee vil territory during the past year, he cays has been the pronounced suc cess of a .large number of demonstra tions In raising cotton. He calls at tention to tho fact that the Depart ment's method of producing .cotton under bool weevil condition is be ing fast adopted hythe most intelli gent planter and farmers.
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