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j L ii -y i .:.! - V J I j r i .1 1 1 1 -s-f'y-'brary Vol. V. UNCOLNTON. N. C. TUESDAY. PECEMBER 19. 1911. No. 101 X it! V . j r V 1 ( ! A.i A- y K THE TARIFF CONTROVERSY Well, now, the editor of The Timed knows that I am "Farmer" and "Farmer' is me. In his paper of December the 8th he re plies to my article in The Lincoln County News of December the 1st He first gives as his reason for calling me a "fake, farmer" that one of my articles came to him in typewritten form. Then he wants me to tell him, how many more of my "articles reached the type setter in typewritten form." Well I will say that I do not know. But I can tell him that none of them left me in typewritten form. They were all written by me six miles from Lincolnton and if the editor of The News saw fit to put my manuscript in typewritten form, before he sent it to the printers, why that was his busi ness not mine. Then next he goes in to the tariff discussion and says, "We must be willing to ac cept low prices on all the articles affected by the tariff. If low tar iff will make the bagging cheap, then it must also make the cotton cheap. If low tariff makes low prises then low tariff on yarns and cloth makes low price yarns and cloth." How what made the editor say the above when he knows that the yarn and cloth makers of these United States has been protected by a high protec tive tariff and they say they are not making any money nor have oot made any in the past four years, and when I ask him in one of my articles if the Republican party and high protective tariff is the father of all high prices, as he claims, why have cloth and yarns been so low since 1907 that the manufacturers have not made any money under a Republican admin istration. He has not answered that question yet Then he said, '. "We want a tariff on every article produced by our people high enough to prevent our people hav ing to compete with my pauDers in Europe that I am so afraid of." Well now I would not have thought that he would have said that without he thinks that lam going to make high protective tar iff Republican speeches next sum mer, for if he takes the European pauper labor out of the Republi can speeches there will not be much said on the tariff question in the next campaign for ever since I was a small boy the Repub lican party has been howling pauper labor of Europe and high protective tariff for America. Then he says again, "Our tariff must be high enough to make the difference in the cost of produc tion here and abroad in order to protect our people against foreign paupers. He just calls them xy pauper labor and said that I was afraid of them, and then says that we must have a high protective tariff to protect us against foreign pauper labor. It seems that he has met himself in the middle ol the road. I told him in my last article that if it was not for the foreign labor that spun two thirds " of the cotton we produced in this countrv that cotton would not be worth two cents a pound today, The world is the market for our cotton, the free trade countries manufactures it and finds markets for their goods, while our own v home manufacturers who are pro tected by a high protective tariff, that keeps foreign manufactured roods out of this country and we farmers, the producers of the cot ton have to sell two thirds of it on foreign markets get the gold for it, and. if we want to buy foreign goods because we can get them cheaper we may do it but when thev come to our ports there we have to pay a tariff on them, or buy from our home manufacturers and oav them as much or more .than we did on the foreign market with the tariff we paid added to it. Now is not that robber tariff! Is it not robbing the men, women and children that produce' the cotton and who are forced to sell It on a foreign ' market bnt is not allowed to buy it back ; in goods without paving the manufacturers of this country for that privilege. The editor still claims that tinker inr with the tariff is the cause of the low price of cotton and quotes Major Graham and what he says about the cotton crop, but he has never answered my question how consress tinkering with the tariff at Washington h would put down the price of cotton all over the world. We make in the United States three fourths of the cotton of the world and sell it on a free trade market of the world and we only manufacture one fourth of the worlds' supply of cotton. DID THE DEMOCRATS IN CON GRESS HAVE SUCH POWER THAT THEY AFFECTED THE PRICE OF COTTON IN EU ROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AND JAPAN! IF SO PLEASE TELL THE PUBLIC WHERE THEIR POWER LIES! Saying a thing and keep saying it, does not prove it, but how did they do it! He says the 15,000,000 bales of cot ton the farmers made this year had nothing to do with S cent cot ton. Congress had as much to do with it as any body, but not the present democratic con gress. But Ihe congress that has passed all the high protective tar iff laws, that has made it possible for a few favored manufacturers to grow bo immensely rich, that they can control the moneyed in terests of this country, and dic tate prices to the producer and consumer. High protective tatiff laws made it possible for the iron and steel . manufacturers of this country to organise the great steel trust, which killed competition in tire manufacturing of every thing where iron or steel had to oe used, and thus all the money that is used in buying that great product drifts into the hands of the few, and all the other great trusts are worked on the same plan, thus those great corporations are grow ing stronger every day. High protection has given them the power to oppress the laborer, the producer' and consumer. There is in this country two hundred and sixty two thousand corporations that have shown by their sworn statements that they annually re ceive in profits $3,125,000,000 and the combined industry of the ninety three million people adds only $4,000,000,000 to the na tion's wealth and Mr. Jonas' great middle class has to put up with what those great corporations don't take. There are six thou sand men in the United States whose combined wealth equals the values of the entire farm property of this country. Then these cor porations have in the last five years paid $9,000,000,000 for land in this country. "Land mono poly founded feudalism in the middle ages." "When Rome went down eighteen hundred peo ple owned all the land." The volume of money in this nation is $3,400,000,000 and to control a few hundred millions of this at a time will effect the value of all the products of the land. When sixty men can control all the great banks, insurance companies and various industries with their mil lions of concentrated dollars they can manipulate the market on any thing. What was the meaning of the great cotton mill mergers that has been going on the past year, was it not to concentrate their millions of dollars into the hands of a few so thev could dictate prices on what they bought and sold! Now are not these facts not alarming prophecies! . Well I must-hasten on for the brother of The Times wants to "know what I think of Mr. Webb's position in Congress for voting with : Republicans for protective tariff. Mr.. Webb, J know believes In a "tariff for rev enue," and he did just as I would have done, when he voted to pro tect the lumber, mica and mona zite, that is produced in the Ninth congressional district He knew that the manufacturers that used the material that came from his district were highly protected. His district has great mica mines in it and produces the best mona zite in the world. Well the man ufacturer that uses these mater ials are protected under a high protective tariff...: But a republi can congress saw fit to admit the above articles, especially mona zite, free into this country, and thus it brought the laborer in his own country in competition with foreign pauper labor. So the cor poration were protected, but laborers at his own home was rob bed of what they ought to have had. Mr. Webb has a right to call it a robber tariff, for this high protective corporation has so much power that they can make con gress do anything they want And when the iron and steel man ufactures ask for iron ore to be admitted free why they got it and thus again bringing foreign pau per labor in competition with American labor again. Ah, brother where oh where is our great middle class and laborers drifting too. Next the editor of The Times charges me of meeting myself coming back, when be knows and everybody else knows that when I called his attention to what Taft called congres together for was in answer to the assertion that he made when "He said that that Republican party was the father of . protective tariff and high prices." And I did that to show him that a republican could believe in, and would practice free trade when it would satisfy his stomach and save him money. And why he answered that in the wav he did I cannot tell without it was to keep his readers (that he knew would not see what I had said) ignorant of the real facts in the argument. In. that case he reminds me of the Catholic Priest in the dark ages. They would let no one learn to read but themselves and all the people knew would be what the Priest would tell them. Well now I will have to take up the sugar question and its tariff protection again. The editor of The Times "says there is a tariff on it and should be in order to protect the great sugar raisers of this country." Now if he had said in order to protect the great sugar trust of this country and I know he was thinking trust when he wrote " "raisers" but maybe he thought it would answer the same purpose, for everybody knows they know how to raise the price of sugar. And he thinks "that the tariff on it, is not the cause of the present abnormal high price on sugar." Now can't he argue, high tariff makes high price things, low tariff or free trade aa he calls it makes low price things, so he has said and then comes right out and says that the tariff is not the cause of the high price of sugar. Now brother please be consistent, for you know that the Democratic congress that tink ered with the tariff on cotton goods, caused the price of raw cot ton to fall to 8 cents a pound, and you also know that the same con gress when they went to tinkering with the tariff on sugar tney caused it to go up 2 cents ou the pound, yes be consistent. And by the way brother, did you know that congress has been giving the sugar trust an airing up at Washington! Thev have haa a committee of farmers up thereto tell them something about the sugar industry out in uoioraua, i l And it turns out that the great Western Sugar Company have imported foreign pauper labor to work in the sugar beet fields. Thev have Russians and Hindus laborers bossed by "city chaps," sent out bv the company, these poor people have to put in from 10 to 16 hours a day at back breaking work, and for a price, an American would scorn to do But how does this high protected sugar trust treat the American farmer. They only pay him $5.75 cents a ton for sugar beets, Think of a man planting, culti vating, gathering and hauling to market one big two horse wagon load of beets for $5.75. Then talk about a protective tariff help ing the farmer or laborer. It helps ho one but those that are protect ed. Then talk about the protec tive tariff keeping up the price of American labor above the pauper labor of Europe, when those high protected trusts are bringing them over here by the hundreds and thousands, to work in competi tion to American laborers. And they go down into the slums of Europe to get these people, to compete with the great middle class of American laborers that Mr. Jonas says that a . protective tariff does help so much. The tariff on sugar has helped no one but the sugar trust Neither does a protective tariff help any one but those that are directly protected.' The sugar trust is like all other trusts, they all have been growing great under a high pro tective tariff, they are a ' soulless, and Godless set they know not how "to do unto others a9 they would have to do unto you," but they will do you every time. Now I am one that does not believe that the protection the American manufacturers get from our govern ment at this day, does not help the producer of raw material one cent And I have been discussing these questions from a farmer's viewpoint and the more I study the question the more I am con vinced that all this howling about a high protective tariff, helping the farmer and laborer is all rot, and is used more for partisan political affect, than It is to do the farmer or laborer any good. If the great middle class of this country could lay aside partisan political pre judice long enough to look into the merits of the case they would soon see where those high pro tected trusts were dragging them. W. W. BlGGERSTAFF. "lazi" A Success. In spite of the fact that the .weather last Friday night was ex tremely unfavorable for the pre sentation of "Inza" by the Drama tic Club quite a few people ven tured out to the auditorium through the mud and rain. The few who were fortunate enough to see the play are highly praising all who took part. In fact it was not known before that there i3 in our town such good material for the stage, nor was such high class performing expected of the home talent. It shows that this already good material has done hard work training themselves. The young players are truly passing beyond the amateur class and into a class of professional theatricals. This is fine training for the young peo pie ' pnd amusement which the older ones enjoy. We hope that the Regal Club with the assistance of the non members of the club, who were so kiad in rendering their much appreciated services, will soon have in store for us something equally as good. Miss Lens Stutts as usual was applaud ed as the heroine of the play. In both her past playing and in her role as Inza she has shown the qualities of one doing high class work. Mr. Webber, as the nero, Harold Winthrop, proved to us that he is at home on the stage either as a fun maker in the njinistrel or as the strong soldier lover in the more serious lines. Miss Kathleen Hale with ease and grace appeared as 'the tomely little-wife B'anca, of Maurice Rathburn, the villian. Mr. Frontis Anthony makes a splendid villian always throwing himself into his work whole soul with his villianous hal ha, and his assumed treacherous appear ance. Miss Myrtle Padgett did well the role of a coquettish maid and she with her lover Pat, the Irishman, presented some comic love making scenes. Mr. Boyce Farris was known as Pat. Miss Nell McLean disguised as Aunt Hannah in her superfluous cos tume indeed affected an old ap pearance. Mr. John Ramsaur the comedian brought forth laughter every time he entered as Hans the Dutchman. There was good com edy in his part and he was very able in presenting it to the aud ienee in an amusing manner. The Bil very locks and stately appear ance of Mr. Herbert Coon, -Roger Lord, were striking. The two tramps, Messrs. - Herbert Miller and John Heim, actually caused a shudder to run through tne aud ience when they were seen as two thieves in the night scene. The whole troupe did well and they are to be thanked for the trouble and time spent in getting up such a good play. Since the weather did not per mit a full house Friday night the Dramatic Club is not satisfied with the single performance. The same play by the Same characters will be given again tonight The piay is really worth your time so we urge the people of Lincolnton to come out and spend a pleasant evening with the Dramatic Club. Remember that the quartette and the string band will hold your interest between acts. Tickets are on sale at the Lincoln; Drug Store today, 15, 25 and 35 cents. BOX SUPPER AT IRON STATION. There will be a box supper at IrOn Station school building Sat urday night December 16th. Two contests will take place in which a cake will be given to the pret tiest girl, and a cake of soap to the ugliest man. The proceeds go fpr the benefit of the school. The public is cordially invited to at tend. C. C. Beam, Teacher. BRING YOUR JOB TO THIS OFFICE. V WORK THE PRIZEWINNERS List Of Premiums Awarded To The Exhibitors at The Lincoln County Fair Some of the Exhibits Which Were Excellent. The follwing is a list of those who won prizes at the County Fair last week: Mr. J. C. Warlick, best collec tion of hand made articles, in cluding brooms, baskets, straw hats, mats, wooden handles, etc.; the most admired article being a hat made of long leaf pine. Also a wooden spoon made while in camp at Petersburg during the Civil War. Mr. George Davis collection of confederate relics. Mr. A. Nixon best collection of Indian relics, Civil War relics, Revolutionary relics and curios of various kinds. Rev. W. R. Minter collection of relics and souvenirs of the Holy Land; also the oldest article ex hibited, a piece of pottery gath ered from the ruins of Jericho. This was one of the handsomest and most interesting displays on ex hibit Mr. R. M. Petrie, the hand somest collection of quilts and woven spreads. Mrs. Carpenter, the best woven article, thirty yards of rugs. Miss Carrie' Smith, the hand somest quilt THE EMBROIDERY EXHIBITS Mrs. J. S. Wise, one handsome case. 1st prize. Also Mrs. L. M. Coffey, Mrs. Oscar Shuford, Mrs. E. O. Jennings, Miss Belle Miller Misses Louise James, Catherine Heim, Hattie Ramsaur, Mrs. Carl Rudisill and Mrs. Campbell Lea, CROCHET Mrs. T. N. Hale, Miss Annie Wilkie and Mrs Fannie Davis. HANDWORK AND CURIOS Miss Sallie Link. "WOVEN SPREADS Mrs. Theodore Ramsaur. THE BEST CURIO G. " F. Michael, wooden " keys carvel in wooden rings. DRAWN WORK LUNCH SET Mrs. Merton Rudisill. EMBROIDERY AND BUTTER Miss Maude Shuford. THE BRIDE DOLL The center of attraction, the Bride Doll, exquisitely dressed bv Mrs. C. M. Easterday was won by Mr. Henry Weaver. CORN EXHIBIT Dr. R. B. Killian, ten ears of corn weighing twelve pounds. EHIBITS 07 SPECIAL INTEREST Among the variety of articles of home manufacture shown at the fair were many that deserve special mention, but of course, it is not practical to enumerate each item in detail. "A hand some cedar chest, made by Mr. A. N. Jones, proved that for skilled workmanship and artistic design, Lincolnton need not go begging. Mr. Carson Motz bad a very creditable display of Mission fur niture - on - exhibition, made by himself, which received much praise. The paint and art work sent in by Mrs. W. C. Quickel attracted much attention and favorable com ment. 5 " ' ' ' A rag rug, made by Mrs. M. I. McKnight, was greatly admired. The were numerous other ar ticles, showing the skill and good taste of the women of our town and county, which desrve men tion but time and space forbid. ;:A FINANCIAL SUCCESS ; From a financial standpoint the fair was in every way a success. A great many people attended and the various . bazaar features inaugurated by the young ladies for the purpose of raising money for the Confederate monument fund, were liberally patronized. In fact, the young ladies sold their entire stock completely out, and quite a handsome sum was realized. THE FAIR ASSOCIATION The . Lincoln County Fair As sociation was organized a little over a year ago, Miss Lena Bern hardt being the moving spirit in this lauadable enterprise. The firflf fair xrna hpH in T)prpmhpr nf 'last year. The officers . of the MONUMENT TO WOMEN OF CONFEDERACY Col. Ashley Home's Magnificant Me morial to the Women of North Carolina Will Face New State Building. Raleigh, Dec. 13 Special. For several months it has been known to the intimate friends of Col. Ashley Home of Clayton that he had decided to erect a memorial to the North Carolina wemen of the Confederacy. ' The board of public buildings, and grounds has authorized Sec retary of State J. Bryan Grimes to select a site for this monument The place chosen is a spot half way between the Fayetteville street entrance to the Capitol and the corner of Salisbury and Morgan streets and will be immediately in front of the main entrance to the new State building. Colonel Home has requested Mr. Grimes to as sist him in selecting a suitable de sigu for this mouument and to take charge for him of its erection. In a letter to Mr. Grimes to day, Colonel Hone expressed the senti ment that actuated him in this de served tribute to the women of his native State as follows: "I have been thinking for a long time that the State would never -build a woman's Confederate mon ument, and being a soldier of Lee's army for four years and see ing the work that the women of my State did in carrying food and clothing, and being in every battle that was fought around Richmond and knowing that they were as great, or greater soldiers than the men, I have decided to build this monument myself. The time has come in my life when I think no loyal citizen of the State could think that I have any ulterior motive in so doing. " Colonel Home as a soldier was one of the bravest, and, as he says bent his gun around a black jack tree when he unwillingly surrend ered at Appomattox Conrt House. The action of Colonel Home is a magnificent tribute of a loyal and devoted son of the State to the memory of those women," who for four years suffered hardships, privations and anxieties ever great er than those endured by their husbands and brothers in the field. 'Squire Lane in a Precarious Condition. 'Squire J. W. Lane suffered a stroke of paralysis on last Friday and is now in a precarious condi tion. For several days the 'Squire had been complaining of not feel ing very well and when he arose Friday morning in his room at the North State hotel, he fell to the floor. Mr. Padgett, who happen ed to be near, hearing the noise entered the room and found Mr. Lane apparently unconscious. He placed the old gentleman on the bed and summoned a physician. His entire left side is paralyzed and he was unconscious from Fri day until yesterday and though somewhat brighter at the hour of going to press, he is still desper ately ill. Few men in this coun ty have more friends than 'Squire Lane and they will learn of his condition with sadness. In re sponse to messages, Mr. W. H. Lane of Petersburg, JVa., Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lytton of Hamlet, Miss Carrie Graham and Mr. Joe Graham of Machpelah have ar rived in the city and are now at his bedside. . Association are as folio ws : A. Nixon, President; Miss Kate C, Shipp, Vice President; Miss Lena Reinhardt, Secretary; Miss Carrie Smith, Treasurer. The Children of the Confedercy are very deeply interested in the success of the Lincoln County Fair, for the profits of the exhibitions that have been held have gone to the Confederate monument fun d, a cause very dear to their hsarts. i Among the young ladies assis ting at the, Fair last week were: Misses Carrie Link, Agnes Del linger, Essie Moretz, Fraacis Fair, Mattie Lore, Vera Seagle, Lena Dellinger, Willie and Ollie McAllister, Mary McKee, Forney Roseman, Minnie Abernethy, Josephine Mullen, Jennie Saine, Catherine Heim, Perry Hallman, and Myrtle Padgett The Fair Association is also indebted to Mr. Barnett Lineber- ger for valuable services rendered. Mrs. T. A. Covington spent the week-end with relatives in Yorkville, S. O. FOR
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