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CiBEAVOIOED
Given hy Representative Un
derwood lo Speech On
Pending Tariff Bill
FIRST RtDUCEEXPENSES
To Do This, However, Says Mr. Un
derwood, Seems Impossible Under
Republican " Administration The
Protective Sentiment in This Conn
try Has Been Fostered and Cher
r Ished For So Many Years by the
' Republican Party That Many Great
Manufacturing Interests Look
Upon it as a Vested Right Solution
of the Matter.
Washington. March 25 When the
house met : today - Representative
Stevens, of Minnesota, secured the
floorTmd Bald that statements that he
. had been requested by President Taft
to draft an income tax bill were In
correct.:. He had suggested such a
bill to President Roosevelt and also
to President Taft. He favored a bill
; separate from the tariff bill and will
introduce such a measure as soon as
the attorney general and- the secre
tary of we) treasury prepare ltv which
is now .being done by order 'of the
president. . '
Soon after the house convened,
Representative Underwood spoke in
part as follows!
"If there was ft more general un
derstandlng that the tariff is a tax in
which private interests share the pro
: ceeds withy the; 'government there
would be a more rigorous questioning
of the various duties imposed by congress-than
n yet been manifest. '
."The facts, developed before the"
ways and means committee On the
pending t bill, (remonstrate beyond a
doubt, that if the definition as defin
ed by Prof. Taussig, of a tariff for
protection s the truth, that there are
very few, if any, American industries
that are left within Its terms or en
titled to Its support. On the other
hqd,the testimony is conclusive that
the present rates of duty aVe far in
excess of the'difference in the cost
of production, and when the tariff
duties exceed the difference of the
cost of production at home and
abroad, they Ere of necessity levied
for the sole purpose of protecting the
manufacturers profits, which, to my
vmlnd, cannot be justified under any
circumstances, for when the manu
facturer has a fair field on equal
terms, he Should be required to rely
on his own resources, energy ana
business judgment to successfully
meet his competitor and drive him
from the field. Whenever you agree
to the doctrine that he Is entitled to
a protective wall to prevent compe
tition, you have laid the foundation
stone to create monopoly and to un
duly and' unjustly lay burdens upon
the consuming masses of the people.
"There are but three ways In
which the degclt ,can be avoided:
First, by reducing expenditures; this
seems to - be impossible under a re
publican administration; second, by
levying taxes additional to those now
imposed on the people, in Order that
the present tariff duties assessed In
the Interests of the manufacture may
not be disturbed ;; third, by reducing
the pressnt prohibitive duties of the
' Dingley bill to a competitive basis,
where they will produce sufficient
': revenue to meet the demands of the
treasury. ' The protective sentiment
In this country has been fostered and
cherished for so many years by the
, republican party that many great
manufacturing Interests look upon It
, as a vested right and seem to believe
that regardless of whether the gov
ernment has sufficient revenue to
maintain It or not,' that they are,en-
r titled to the absolute and entire con
trol of the American market without
J competition fronPabroad. This cleari
ly Is hot a healthy condition of af-
, fair;"
' "There Is no question' that a tariff
bill can be written, basing the duties
fairly on the difference In the cost
of production at ,' home and abroad,
making due allowance tor the differ
, tlal In the freight rate, that will be
on a fair and reasonable competitive
' basis', that, will produce ample save
ue to supply all the needs of the
' government. The American people
' will not be satisfied with any other
solution of the tariff question
' ."This being the case, there Is no
reason that can be given to sustain a
' protective tariff, especially when It is
. written tlona otohlbltivo lines."
; Mr. Underwood '. said, the country
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TAXNOTINFAVOR
Sentiment Against Imposi
tion of ibsse Two Taxes
Growing Rapidly
INCOME TAX PROBABLE
Many Petitions' and , Memorials Are
Daily Pouring Upon 'Members
Protesting Against Inheritance Tax
and Coffee Tax, and Are Having
Effect-PrpHldent Taft Believes
That Income 'Tax Iaw Can Be
Drafted to Meet the Constitutional
Objections and This Will Probably
Be Offered As a Substitute For the
Inheritance Tax Clause.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 25 The senti
ment against the inheritance tax and
the proposed Imposition of a tax on
coffee from countries that Impose an
export tax on that article is rapidly
growing in the house, and is due to
the petitions and memorials that are
daily pouring In on the members
from q very section of the United
States. That these petitions are hav
ing an effect is shown In the reports
that President Taft has reached the
conclusion that an income tax law
can be drafted to meet the constitu
tional objections. This means that
an income tax provision will prob
ably be offered as a substitute for the
Inheritance tax clause of the Payne
bill.-.
The coffee provision in the Payne
bill is losing favor every day. No
assurance can be given the members
that Brazil 'and other South Ameri
can countries that impose an export
tax on coffee earning to the United
States will repeal that tax If a like, tax
Is Imposed by this coflatry. It is this
doubt that causes nil the trouble.
When the coffee schedule Is reached a
motion 111 be made to struke out the
retaliatory provision. Indications are
the motion will carry.
STATES TO TAKE IIP
CONSERVATION WORK
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, March 25. The Joint
committee on national conservation,
which was founded by the governors
and representatives of national organ
izations at the conference held here
last December has opened national
headquarter here. This decision was
reached in view of the Tawney amend
ment to the sundry civil act, which
prohibits- the , national conservation
commission from going ahead with its
work of co-operating with states and
national organizations. In view of this
the Joint committee will act as the na
tlonal medium of co-operation, and will
carry forward the co-operative' work
that has been done under the national
conservation commission. It will serve
as a clearing house for the state con
servation commissions which the gov
ernors of 37 states have appointed, and
the forty-seven conservation commit
tees appointed y great national or
ganizations. One of Its principal ob
jects will be to prepare plans for the
practical application of conservation
prlnclWes Of definite problems in ine
different states, and by the national
organizations Interested. Thomas R.
ShlDD. secretary of the national con
servation commission,' is secretary of
the Joint committee and will be in
charge of the national headquarters.
RUSSIA ACQUIESCES.
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Announces Her Acceptance of Ans.
tria's Annexation of New Territory.
.' (By Cable to The times)
Paris, March 25-r-AdVlces from Vi
enna today says that Russia has
formally announced her acceptance
of the latter'! annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina. The action, it Is
confidently believed, clears up the
Balkan situation; as it robs Servla
bf her only prop worth considering
in the event of her going to war with
Austria. - - ' "
SARATOGA WILL BE A
, WIDE-OPEN TOWN IN FUTURE
'Saratoga, N. Y. March" 2 B Sara
toga has decided In favor of a wide
open town. It) will .be so- wide-open,
It Is said, that Richard. Canfleld could
come back and open his magnificent
club house and gambling annex with
out being disturbed. Ib fact, promt
nent citizens assort that he would be
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, The present City arMinistration id too extravagant. Change it for one less
extravagant. City taxes are too high; ;Wote to reduce them. The old administration
increased' expenses. The hew one ll'reduce both. Vote for the old officers, for ex
travagance, for high taxes, or vote for thel new officers, for economy, for lower taxes.
The fight ison and the issue is clear-cut j and well-defined.
A registration before the Democratic Primaries is required by law. Usually,
registrations are not taken in less than two weeks, but this length of time has been
denied us. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, for every Democratic citizen to reg
ister, before Monday night to aid in the carrying out of the policies for less extrava
gance and lower taxes. As Chairman oi the Executive Committee and Manager of
the Campaign for the ticket named at the Democratic Mass Meeting on Monday
night, March 22d, I hereby call a Mass Meoting for tonight at the Court House at 8
o'clock, and earnestly urge that our Democratic citizens within the confines of our
city attend. '- W. H. PACE, Chairman.
AHMFIELD ' APPOINTED
Adjutant General oi North
Carolina After April 1st.
CoJ. B. 8. Royster Succeeds General
Armfleld as Brigade Commander.
Gen. T. R. Robertson to be Trans
ferred to Head of Some Other De
partment Appointment Meets
General Approval.
Governor Kitchin today appointed
Brigadier-General J.- F. Armfleld, of
Statesvllle, adjutant-general, to suc
ceed Gen. T. R. Robertson. It is un
derstood that General Rpbertson, who
has filled the office faithfully and ef
ficiently', will be transferred to the
head of some other department.
General Armfleld will be succeeded
as brigade commander of the North
Carolina State Guard by Col. B. S.
Royster, of Oxford. These appoint
ments will take effect April 1st,
General Armfleld is one of the most
widely-knqwn and most popular of
the military meh-vf the state. " He
commanded a regiment of North
Carolina volunteers in the Spanish
American war and served with dis
tinction. For several years since the
war he has held the high position of
brigade commander and has grown
more popular with the members of
the guard every year. His appoint
ment meets the approval of practi
cally every military company in the
stated-
Other military appointments will
be made later.
BURGLARS APPREHENDED.
Two Negroes CuuRht With the Goods
in Their Possession.
, (Special to The Times
Wilson, March 25 Two negroes,
Jake Hadley and Jim Sims, impli
cated Ih three recent burglaries, were
caught last night with the stolen
goods In their possession. Among the
goods' found on their person, when
they were arrested, were clothes,
shirts, watches, and many other ar
ticles of merchandise, all of which
have been identified by the owners.
Other arrests are expected to follow.
They will be given a hearing before
the mayor tomorrow.
TO RECONSIDER
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 25. After listen-'
Irig Representative Ellerbee, of
South Carolina, President Taft toddy
said he would reconsider the appoint
ment of Howard Castle as postmaster
at Florence, S. C. It Is said the com
munity objects to -Castle serving as
postmaster because he Is non-resi
dent. He was appointed by Postmas
ter General Itchcock, but It Is poa
slble President Taft will remove him
and appoint some democrat recom
crat recommended by Senator. Smith
and Representative Ellerbee.
North Carolina Postmaster.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
.Washington, March 25 Fourth-
class postmasters were appointed to
day as follows: Tuckaseegee, N. C,
Mrs. D. E. 8mtth.
British Post Attacked. .
(By Cable to The Times.)
1 Calcutta, March 26 Raiders
at-
tacked the British post In the Tochet
Valley last night, but were repulsed
without any British casualties.
Voa Boelow to Resign.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Berllng, March 25 It is reported
Chancellor Bon iBuelow Will resign
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APPOINTMENT
WARM FIGHULAST NIGHT
The Democratic Executive
Committee Again in Action
Representatives of the Good Govern
ment Movement Suffer Another
Defeat at the Hands of the Office
holders Hot Contest. Waged in
Which the Administration Forces
Come Out Victorious Registration
Ordered.
Last night there was a meeting of
the. Raleigh Democratic Executive
'Committee called by Chairman F. W.
Habel, for the purpose of submitting
to the committ as a whole the mat
ter of securing a registered primary
as provided for by the law. An at
tempt at gag-rule was made in the
smaller committee when Mr. J. W.
Bailey's 1 demand for a registration
was made, W. B. Jones and B. W.
Baker voting to; turn down the de
mand and E E. prjtton, C. M. Wal
ters a-tuTF. W. mbfihfi 'fitrer'W U.
Chairman Mabel's vote broke the. tie
and secured a hearing for the repre
sentatives of the people's mass meet
ing. . ';. : . .
It was no use, the boss was on the
job and the steam-roller was in good
working order. Every demand for
justice was met with a point-blank
refusal on the part of the stand-pat
cats-paws of the city administration.
There was no getting around the reg
istration, and they ordered It. The
registration books were ordered to be
opened today at 19 o'clock and re
main open until 8 o'clock March 29.
There was a strenuous fight on the
part of the representatives of the
mass meeting to give a longer time
for the registration. They Insisted
that a fair registration could not be
had within the time named, but they
lost by a vote of 16 to 8.
A fair division of the poll-holders
was then asked for. This was denied
by a vote of 13 to 11.
Alderman Upchurch got into the
lime-light during a discussion of the
primary and fair-dealing In prtmar-
He discussed rottenness n a
campaign In which he was once en
gaged and Insulted the people of Ral
eigh by declaring that an honest pri
mary in this city is a joke.
Good speeches were made by .1. W.
Bailey and Josephus Daniels for the
people, and Hon. W. B, Jones well
defended the Interests of the office-
holding trust. At no lime did Mr.
Jones lose control of his minions,
keeping his henchmen In line at every
stage of the fight. If one dared to
stray ever so little one crack of the
whip was sufficient to send the de
linquent scurrying to shelter.
Registrars Named.
The pay of registrars was fixed at
$4 per day. The following t were
named :
First Ward
Banks.
. First Ward
First Division 3. R.
Second Division E.
K.,Leeson.
Second Ward, First Division X.
L. Bajrnes.
Second Ward, Seconfl Division M.
T. Ray.
Third Ward, First Division M. R.
Haynes.
Third Ward, Second Division A.
E. Olmstead.
Fourth Ward,
First Division C.
D. Heartt.
Fourth Ward, Second Dlvlslon
0. Rogers.
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IRISHMAN TRIMS COON.
Only Three Rounds Required to Put
Coon to Sleep.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
NewYork, March 28 Peter Mahef
the Irish champion, showed at the
Wayne A. C. last night that he still
retains some of bis old walloping
powers by knocking out Billy Turn
bridge, a burly colored heavyweight,
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DIVERSITY OF CROPS
N. C. Dept. of Agriculture
Offers Big Prizes
Hoard of Agriculture KstabllHhc-s a
Contest Open to Every Farmer of
the State Will Help State Fair
and Local Fairs and Stimulate an
Interest in Growing Diversified
Crops.
The North Carolina department of
agriculture, in order to stimulate a
greater Interest In the growing of di
versified crops by the farmers of
every section of the state, has of
fered additional prizes for the best
displays of farm products to be
awarded at all the fairs of the state.
The resolution of the board of agri
culture offering the prizes Is as fol
lows: For the encouragement of agricul
ture and agricultural fairs, and to
stimulate the farmers of Noth Caro
ttmrto' a greater diversion of crops,
the North Carolina department of ag
riculture offers the following prem
iums, provided these premiums are
supplemented with an equal amount
hy each fair association at which
these premiums are competed for. :
For the State Fair at Raleigh.
For the best, greatest variety and
most artistically arranged collect
ive agricultural individual exhibit,
'' 200 ....
For the second best, same conditions,
$100. .'.'."
For County or Local Agricultural
- Faii-s.
For the best, greatest variety and
most artistically arranged collect
ive agricultural individual exhibit,
$100. ;
For the second best, same conditions,
$50. .-''".
For the State Colored Fair.
For the best, greatest variety and
nios.t artistically arranged collect
ive agricultural individual exhibit,
.'$100. ::'
For the second best, same conditions,
$'0.
we recommend that these prem
iums be awarded under the following
conditions:
1st. Each exhibitor be required to
make affidavit that the products
shown were grown on exhibitor's
farm during the current, year and not
a single product obtained elsewhere.
2d. That no premium be awarded
when In the judgment pf the jury of
awards the exhibit is not meritorious
In variety and quality.
3d. That the following scale of
points be accepted In "Judging Indl
vldual exhibits-
Recognizing 100 points as perfect
Agriculture, 60 points; vegetables,
10 points; home Industry, 10 points;
fruits, 10 points; artistic arrange
ment, 10 points.
The state fair association has al
ready 'accepted the generous offer of
the department of agriculture and
prizes aggregating $600 are offered
In the competition open to the whole
state. ''''
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
IN JACKSONVILLE
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Jacksonville, Fla., March 25. Fire
broke out today In a three-story build
Ing on Forsyth street and for a time
threatened the entire business district
The Are department was called out In
full force and confined the fire. to the
one building. The loss Is estimated at
$350,000, partially covered by Insurance.
' Suffragettes Lost OutY
Kingston, Jamaica, March 25 The
bill enfranchising the women of -J a
malca was defeated 'in the legisla
tUP today by a, bftre UlUjoilty.
BEEN MADE
The Matter of Injunctions
Subject of Discussion by
President Gompers
FIGHT MUST CONTINUE
In April Number of (lie Federal ion ist
KainiK-1 Goiiipi'is, I'i'csidi'iii of the
American IVilcration of l,atnr,
Discusses (lie iii-cent Action of the
Court of Appeals in Modifying the
Decision of Judc Wright in the
Cose of th'' Buck Stove & Range
Company Too Much to F.xpect
Full Recognition of Workers in
One. Decision, liul Progress Has
Heen Made Fight to Vpliold
Right of Boycott Must Continue,
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 24 In the
April number of the American Fed
eratlonist Samuel Gompers, writing
of the recent action of the court of
appeals in modifying the decision of
District Judge Wright in the case of
the Buck Stove & Range Company,
against the American Federation of
Labor says in part:
"In view of the false premises and
fallacious reasoning by which the
courts for years have been extending
the abuse of the Injunction writ and
by which a whole false superstruc
ture of decisions have been reared, it
Is perhaps too much to expect that
the court of appeals In one decision
would recognize and , define the full
legal rights of tho workers, and thus
overturn the consistently Illogical
and unjust line of injunction labor
decisions for the past twenty years,
hut progress has been made. The
workers will continue their struggle
for justice In the use of the injunc
tion writ until congress and the
courts fully recognize and safeguard
those rights from all possible abuses.
"The fight must also continue to
uphold the right to boycott not be
cause the workers have any particu
lar love for the boycott. .: Indeed,
they have no more love for the boy
cott than for the strike.
"Both are extreme measures of de
fense forced upon the workers at
time by unjust conditions, for which
there is no other remedy. The
workers fully realize that the boy
cott and the strike are means to be
used at times to maintain In their
rights and promote their welfare
when seriously threatened by hostile
greedy and unfair employees and no
other remedy seems available.
"With the legal right to strike re
cognized by the courts and the power
to strike unquestioned, -'we find that
those organizations of workers which
are best organized and .'.equipped to
strike, successfully, have very few
strikes. The trade agreement and
mediation and voluntary arbitration
have largely replaced the strike. The
right and power to strike have .com
pelled fairer considerations nnU
hence better conditions at. the hands
of otherwise hostile and Inconsider
ate employers.
"So with the boycott, cleared of
wrongful charges and misapprehen
sion and recognized as a lawful right
we will find its use diminishing. It
will be a power held in reserve and
used only when no other remedy
seems adequate. .
BOARD TO CONSIDER
NAVY YARD MATTER
IBt Leased Wire to The Times.)
Wash ,'i tiihi. March 2u. A board is
to Iip onli ie I by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer to piakc such recommendations
regarding the conclusion' it the work
In the navy yards as are considered
advisable
This howni will- be "composed of a
lvpri'trnialive from each of the bu
reaus concerned In tho consolidation;
the hureau of equipment, steam engi
neering, construction and repair,' sup-
piles and accounts, yards and docks.
and the three division commanders of
the Atlantic fleet.
Plot to Kill Ameer.
(By Cable to The Times)
Calcutta. March 25 Among the
persons 'arrested for plotting to kill
the Ameer of Afghanistan are sev
eral high court officials. An Inquiry
is being conducted by Nazrullab
COMMISSIONERS
Submitted to the Mayor and
the Board of Aldermen;;
of the City
h SPLENDID REPORT
The Work of the Board of Police
Commissioners Reviewed Some of
the Reforms Planned and the Good
Work Accomplished TheInstalla.
tion of Xew Form of Work- EHeo
trie Patrol Instituted and ' Has
Proved Very Successful, Keeping
the Oliljers in Close Touch ' With
Headquarters All the Time EfH
ciency of Patrolmen Has Increased
Since Patrol System Has Been in
Operation.
Raleigh, N. C, March 17, 1909.
To His Honor, James I. Johnson,
Mayor, and to the Board of Alder
men of the City of Raleigh.
Gentlemen: While the city char
ter does not require a report from
the Board of Police Commissioners,
we feel that it is an aft of courtesy
due the chief executive and the Board
of Aldermen of our city to make a re
port and we herewith submit the
same, covering the period from Sep
tember 1, 1907, to March 1, 1909.
Thepresent Board of Police Com
misisoners, the first in the history of
our city, was elected at the May elec
tion, 1907, Lynn Wilder for the six
years term, Ly A. Mahler for the four
years term and James A. Briggs for
the two years term. As provided by
law, the mayor on the seventh day of
September, 1907, administered the
oath of office, and the Board at once
organized. Lynn Wilder, by virtue
of his election for the six years term,
was chairman of the board and Jas.
A. Briggs was elected secretary.
Many meetings were held and rules
and regulations of a number of cities
were carefully examined, and as a re
sult, on the seventh day of Novem
ber, 1907, we adopted rules and regu
lations to govern the police depart
ment; suitable blanks were adopted.
books were opened and the work of
the department thoroughly systema
tized. The board, by consent of the
Board of Aldermen, contracted for a
system of electric patrol, horse, wa
gon, and the necessary supplies to
fully equip the system. We have a
central station in the police station
and fifteen signal boxes in the var
ious precincts. The patrol system
was contracted for at a cost of five
thousand dollars, payable in four
equal annual installments, without
interest. The other equipment neces
sary to complete the system cost ten
hundred and eighty . dollars and
ninety cents. ,
The Board of Aldermen had decid
ed on the first day of July, 1907, to
elect four additional patrolmen at an
annual cost of. seven hundred and
eighty' dollars each. For four years
their salaries would have amounted
to twelve thousand and eighty dol
lars. Complying with our request,
they did not elect these officers but
placed their election In our hands.
We elected to begin May first, 1908,
one patrol driver, at a salary of seven
hundred and eighty dollars per an
num and a wngon officer at the same
salary. These-two are on duty day
and night, and. sleep , at the wagon
barn and are subject to call duty all
the time. Thus you will see that we
saved by not electing two of those
whom it. had been decided to elect,
the sum of $fi,240.00 for the four
years, and the amount saved by not
electing the other two until the pa
trol system was Installed on May 1st.
1908, the salaries of each for ten
months (July 1st, 1907, to May 1st,
190S), amounting to $1,300.00. Add
this amount to the $6,240.00 and we
have a total of $7,540.00; deduct the
cost of the entire patrol system and
equipment, $6,080.99 from $7,540.00
and we have a margin of $1,159.01
for Incidentals for the four years or
until the system shall all have been
paid for. We are much pleased with
the operation of the electric patrol
system. By It the officers never come
to the system house to report, and are
kept patrotlng their divisions all the
time and are always closely connect
ed with the central station so they
can be communicated with while-oil
duty from some signal box , every
few minutes. The system gives treat
protection to our citizens at all times,
as under Its workings a call wn ,bn
sent to the central' station at 'any
time during the day or night, and the
patrol wagon with the wagon offloef
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