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VOLUMN XVI. MOCKSVILLE. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2, t915 NUMBER 47
HE IIFF PROBLEM
1
It Promises to Be the Keynote of
Next National Campaign.
Simmons-Underwood Law Will Be
Held Responsible for Lack of Em
ployment for Thousands of
Workingmen.
Speaking for the Pacific Northwest,
the Spokane Spokesman-Review in
veighs against the new fiscal policy
of the United States for which the
existing federal administration is re
sponsible. It sums up the situation
at the present moment follows:
Passage of the Simmons-Underwood
tariff bill by the Democratic party
carried the United States a long way
toward the ultimate Democratic goal
of free trade. That fact stands out in
strong relief in a recent department of
commerce review of the country's for
eign trade. Prior to the enactment of
the new law import . were almost
evenly divided between the dutiable
list and the free list. For example, of
the total imports tin 1910, $755,811,
396 were free of duty, and $801,636,034
were dutiable in 1911, $776,972,509 and
$750,253,59C respectively. But in 1914,
first full calendar year under the new
tariff law, imports dut - free totaled
11,127,502,699, as against $691,388,289
dutiable. In February, this year, duty
Irto imports were nearly twice as
much as dutiable imports in round
numbers SO,000,000 and $45,000,000
respectively.
It asserts that on this record the
presidential campaign of 1916 will be
vigorously contested between the free
traders and the advocates of protec
tion, and that "the issue will be espe
cially keen in the states of the Pa
cific Northwest, where the free trade
theories of the Democracy are given
their most sweeping application." But
if disgruntlement with Democratic
free trade notions is active now, it
will be much more active under condi
tions that are sure to arise after the
war. Then there will be a sharper
struggle than ever by Europeans for
advantage in American markets, and
ttie difference between the high wages
current here and the low wages gen
erally current in Europe will tend
to put American manufacturers out of
business and throw American work
ingmen out of employment unless
there is a speedy restoration of the
protective principle in American tariff
laws.
MR. CLARK'S GRACEFUL ACT
Leaves to Wilson the Task of Lead
ing Forlorn Hope in
1916.
Speaker Clark has declared himself
for Wilson for the presidential nom
ination in 1916. We felt sure Mr.
Clark would get even. Wausau Record-Herald.
That's it. Mr. Clark's ardent, pre
cipitate and self-effacing indorsement
of Woodrow for leader in 1916 is the
most ominous thinjg yet for that gen
tleman. Even that incurable opti
mist.Mr. Bryan, would hardly apply for
the job.
And we should not be at all sur
prised to find Mr. Wilson himself sud
denly developing a strong sense of
the binding force- of that single term
Piank in the Bait fmore platform. Why,
it is a perfect jjodsend for him.
Competent Hands Required.
The greatest political upheaval of
an off year has been accomplished in
Ohio, where the tax officials of 88
counties, all Democrats, were relieved
of their duties and an equal number
of Republicans substituted. The ex
travagance of preceding Democratic
administrations- renders necessary a
more thorough and equitable system
of taxation,. To insure success the
work of reform had to be placed in
ore competent hands. Omaha Bee.
Ex-President Taft Is Right.
Former President Taft declares that
listing arbitration treaties between
the United States and . other nations
provide for the settlement of all ques
tions except, those which are likely to
lead to war, and are therefore of little
Practical use except as expressions of
good will. "What a wide difference of
opinion between, the former president
and the preserat secretary of state,
who seems confi dent that war can be
abolished by tr aty.
Another De mocratic Failure.
The Brooklyn. Eagle calls attention
to the fact that prior to the passage
of the seamen's bill additions to Amer
ican registry cat ae at the rate of eight
or ten a lnorklv and that since that
enactment they .have ceased, with no
prospect of resumption. The Wilson
administration h;xs flung away the
chance that was .offered by the Euro
pean war for the restoration of the
American flag to Vre seas.
U is an admitted economic fact that
Sitv Ca VtA no et raanent prosperity
Without a permanent agriculture
Is Somebody Lying?
"We do not understand it.
There is a misunderstanding or
all hands are lying. We are
told every day that times are
better; fn fact very near nor
mal. Yet here is the Southern
Kail way getting permission to
take off more ot its trains. If
times are normal, people would
travel: Railroads are not go
ing to take off trains if their
operation is paying. Greens
boro Record.
Yes, you are right, Brother
Reece, there is gome misunderstand
mg and lots of lying. Any fool
nows that the Southern Railway
jr any other Railroad would not
think of taking off trains if they
veie making money by running
them. On the other hand it is
aatural for them to want to take
off trains when they are not paying
expenses. Some people who are
not at all informed may misunder
stand, but those who are tryirg to
make them believe that times are
good are lying like forty red devils.
It is a very ignorant man who
doesn't know that times are hard
and getting harder all the time.
But the Democrats know what is
going to happen to them next il
they can't manage some way to
1 tool the people, and they have re
sorted to hard down lying, trying
to make the poor working man who
has not had a job in months, and
not a square meal perhaps in weeks
oelieve that times are good and
everybody ought to be happy and
singing the praises of Wilson and
Bryan. But when he enters his
own humble home and hears his
own wife and children crying with
hunger and cold, he feels more like
cursing the names of those who are
responsible for his suffering than
j he does singing-their praises. The
present administration, like all
other Democratic administrations,
bas fallen completely down, and
the fall was so hard that it knoked
the bottom through and now the
newspapers are trj ing to patch up
by telling the people that prosperi
ty has returned with all of its
beauty, that everying is perfectly
lovely and the "goose a hanging
high." But the working people
who are now being fed on potlick
ker and bread at public soup houses
are not going to believe such stuff.
The farmers who have" not been
able to pay their fertilizer bills for
last year will not believe them, in
fact there is not any one outside of
the insane asylum that is fool
enough to believe them, yet there
is hardly a day but what some
Democratic paper is trying to make
people believe that the country is
in a very prosperous condition.
But the report of the commercial
agencies ot Bradstreet and R. G.
Dunn & Co., tells us that there are
more failures this week than last
week, that ttere were more failures
lust week than week belore, and
19G more this week than the cor
responding week last ear No
wonder that the Southern is taking
off trains, when what little business
there was left, is drying up so
rapidly according to report of the
commercial afiencies which are
strictly business, and not political.
The war is the only thing that
keeps life at all in business and it
ic should come to a close the bot
tmi would tall out. Clinton News
Dispatch.
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will be gratified for the relief and cure ob
tained. "
The Record is the only newspa
per in Davie county, $1 the year.
Germans Pushing Towards Italy.
London, May 24. Little time
elapsed between the declaration of
war between Austiia and TtaJy
and the opening of actual hostili
ties. The Austrian aeroplanes and
destrojers and torpedo boats, at
tacked the Adriatic coast, Italian
points, and bombarded Venice and
other city. The Italian ami Ans
train advance gnards have ex
changed shots in Tyrol, on the
eastern frontier.
The campaign plan has not been
disclosed. It is generally believed
that it will be attempted to dis
courage the Italidus by the inflic
tion of a quick and decisive defeat,
largely by the Germans under Von
Hindenberg. The German troops,
heavy artillery and aeroplanes and
zeppelins are already moving to
ward Verona to deliver fierce and
rapid blows at the Italian center.
The Germans probably believe this
would check the Italian advance
from the Venice province, where
the flat country would give Italians
a better chance of success.
Italy is bitterly denounced
throughout Germany and Austria.
She has replaced England as the
most bated enemy. Italy's inter
vention is hailed with delight in
the Allied countries. Rumania,
Bulgaria and Greece have not
moved. Bulgaria has reiterated
that she will remain neutral unless
directly affected. The Turkish
seizure of Bulgarian i ail way cars
loaded with Bulgarian goods mav
draw Bulgario into the war. Sofia
has protested.
An important battle is raging
southwesi of Przemysl. The out
come is still doubtful. There is
also fighing along the East Prussian
frontier, in Central Poland, where
the Germans have attempted an
offensive along the llawka river.
The battle is undecided. Both
sides have lest heavily. Russia
expresses satisfaction wjth the
situation along her front.
Heavy fighting has been resumed
on the west from Arras to the sea.
Both sides claim the advantage.
The allies do not intend relaxing
their efforts there, although thev
have not undertaken a general
movement. The Allies have land
ed more troops on the Gallipoli
peninsula. They are confident oi
breaking the Turkish opposition
soon.
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Terrific Fighting.
London, May 26. In the field of
militarv oDerations the great on
slaught of General Mackensen a
gainst the Russian line north of Prz
emysl and around Jaroslau indicates
that the powers of the Austro-Ger-man
offensive are not exhaustive and
verifies the belief general in London
that Russians are not well equipped.
Przemysl has not been prepared to
rank aerain as a fortress. It is rather
a heavily fortified camp.
.
HOW FAR IS LEXINGTON?
Not so Far That the Statement of Its
Residents Cannot Be Verified.
Rather an interesting case has been
developed in Ltxington Being so ne-i
by, it is well worth publishing here. The
statement is sincere the proof convincing:
Mrs. H. I. Lopp, 29 E. Sixth St.. Lexing
ton, N. C, says: "It just seemed as
though my back would kill me. From be
ing on my feet a great deal I was so lame
and sore that I had to sit down. No mat
ter what I did. I didn't get anything that
would ease the pain. In the morning I
could hardly crawl out of bed. I couldn't
do my housework. Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me relief from the first and I was
soon able to get around as well as ever.
I haven't had any trouble from my back
to speak of since."
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kid
ney Pills the same that Mrs. Lopp had.
Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Let's All Get Together.
Isn't it about time for the people
of this community to get a little
closer together, and work in a little
eloper harmony one with the other!
A country town and the farming
community surrounding it are
brothers, and the one cannot sue-,
ceed without the cooperatiou and j
active assistance of the other. j
A' farming section without its'
adjacent railroad and market facil
ities would be a back number a
dead one with little future ahead.
Live farmers would shun it would
have nothiug to do with it for.
live men create a surplus, and they
must have an outlet for that which
they create.
A farm adjacent to some live
town and shipping facilities is
worth double that of a piece oi
ground with equal fertility located
in some obscure section of the coun
try. The relative values of the
products of the two farms would
be about the same the one high,
the other low.
Therefore, the farming communi
ty is dependent upon the town and
its advantages for much of the
rural prosperity, for the high value
of land, for the ease with which
shipments are made.
Farmers who believe in them
selves, who want a prosperous com
munity, should encourage the town
and its industries should buy
from the home dealers, should keep
the money in the home community,
where it adds to the commercial
life of every person.
Every dollar a farmer keeps in
circulation at home simply adds
that much to the riches of his own
community, to the value of his
own holdings.
The town and the town merchant
owe an equal duty to the farmer,
for without his cooperation both
town and merchant would perish.
The town should make the farm
er welcome, let him feel that he is
among friends, that it is his town,
that he has a personal interest in
its welfare.
The merchant should make it
possible for the farmer to bny his
goods as cheaplyat home as he can
from some foreign house, and he
should keep this fact constantly
before the farmer.
He should encourage the farmer
by keeping reliable goods and sell
ing them at a reasonable price.
Most merchants do this, although
the absence of the merchant's ad
vertisement from the local paper
Eestored to Good Health.
"I was sick for four years with stomach
trouble." writes Mrs. Otto Gans, Zanes
ville, Ohio. "I lost weight and felt so
weak that 1 almost gave up hope of being
cured. A friend told me about Chambei
lain's Tablets, and since using two bottles
of them I have been a well woman." Ob
tainable everywhere.
A
o mi
ill
Write or Phone Your Orders to
WINSTON-SALEM PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
VAN B. MELCHOR, Manager
The most Sanitary Bottling Plant in North Carolina.
keeps the farmer in ignorance of
the fact.
He should encourage the farmer
in all ways, exhibit a brotherly
feeliug in spirit, and give the larm
er to ULderstand that he is inter
ested in his welfare as well as in
the contents of his pocketbook.
It bas been demonstrated re
peatedly right here in this town
that farmers cau buy as cheaply
from the local dealer as they cau
from a foreign house.
But the foreign dealer floods the
farmer with advertising matter,
while tome local dealers expect to
be taken on faith.
And the farmer is a wise one
he takes nothing on faith.
"Snow Me" is his creed. And
he goes to the man who advertises
who ''shows him."
lJow isn't it about time for us all
to think a little, to get together,
to push this community right up
to the iront?
$50,000 Good Roads Bonds.
About three years ago, Hickory
township voted for $50,000 good
Roads bonds. Some thought it
would not build 20 miles. But we
have a better report. The commit
tee having it in charge are business
men and know how to do things
and how to handle public money.
They have compleated 4G miles
of road, 30 feet wide Band clay
with top soil on all. They have
sold the outfit to Lovelady town
ship in Caldwell county, and have
kept six head of mules and some
equipment to maintain these roads
and also to build a little more
where needed most.
They not only have some money
left to doTthia, but they have pro
vided through the Building and
Loan, a sufficient sinking fund to
pay interest on these bonds as it
comes due, and also to pay off the
bonds at the expiration of 20 years.
Hickory Mercury.
BEWARE of OINTMENTS for CATARRH THAT
CONTAIN MERCURY.
There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion o the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years j
doctors pronounced it a local dis
ease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Che
ney& Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
ouly constitutional cure on the mar
ket. It is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It
acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send or cir
culars and testimonials.
Sold by DruggistG, 75c.
II
PEPS
Healthful -Invigorating Refreshing
At Soda Fountains or Car
bonated in Bottles.
Must Get Together.
There is a distinct value now and
for twelve months to come of the dls-j
cussion of issues, old and new, with
a view of preparing a platform upon
which both factions of the party can
plant themselves with both feet. So
called reactionary, so-called conserva
tive, and so-called Bull Mooser must
pet together on a basis, if of accom-?
modation, of good faith with one an
other and the country, and Invite
support for what if called to power
they will put into operation.
Rebuke to Administration. -
The identification of national with,'
local politics is to be deplored. Wei
ere not discussing that. We merely!
wish to chronicle the amazing re-'
versal of Democratic Chicago's politic
cal form as the most severe rebukoj
yet administered to the John o' Dreams :
regime at Washington. Milwaukee
Free Press (Rep.).
Breaks In Democracy's Ranks. '
The democracy is being held to-l
gether now with difficulty. There are
sharp differences as to policies. Cen
tralization, bordering closely, as some
charge, on state socialism, has crept
into the party of Jefferson. The ship
purchase bill was a staggerer to many,
old-time Democrats, North and South;':
and a few southern Democrats or-
ganized its defeat. And now comes1
prohibition, with the president point
ing one way and his premier the oth
er, and apparently no middle ground
for a meeting. 1
When Convalescent.
"A great congrivsa has closed Its
sessions," said President Wilson, "Its
work will prove the purpose and qual
ity of its statesmanship more and
more the longer it is tested. Business
has now a time of calm and thought
ful adjustment before it." After It
recovers consciousness and gets out
of the hospital.
There's a Reason.
After all It is really not Btraiurs
that no Democrat covets President
Wilson's chancpw for re-election.
Politics and the Tariff.
A popular cry is to "take the tariff
cut of politics." It cannot be done.
In the very nature of things In our
government, the tariff is in politics,
and politics is In the tariff. Schools
of political thought and campaigns ot
political appeal grow out of the tariff.
Such was In the beginning, such Is
now, and such ever shall be while our
present form of government lasts.
No Burning Decks for T. R. I
Perhaps some of the Progressive
leaders still think their party has a
future, but Colonel Roosevelt is not
one of them. lie knows the jig's upj
and is governing himself accordingly.!
Kansas City Journal.
Ends Excuse of "the War."
Customs receipts so far this fiscal
year have eliown a decrease of $70,-,
000,000 in round figures, which Is Just:
what Mr. Underwood predicted in hl3.
speech closing the tariff debate on
September 30, 1013. That fact seems
to end "the war" as an excuse for tho
treasury's condition.
Work Before Next President.
The Republican who succeeds Mr.
Wilson In March, 1917, will confronfr
a task of large proportions, and re
quire the aid of men of ability and of
one purpose. The Democratic record
being condemned by the voters, a new
record must be made; and this will
touch all business, and many political'
points. Necessarily, therefore, the,
new leaders will have their hands
full, and should enjoy the confidence
of the country- Business particular
ly will follow their performances
with extreme solicitude.
COLA