\N VNT TWO Hl NDKKl) MILLIONS
Majority Leader Claude kitchin ir
Masterful Effort Before a Full
House and Packed (ialleries Tc-1N
the Congress and the People. Ex
plains Revenue Hill. Reminds tht
People Who Are Complaining ol
Heavier Tax They Voted for It.
Washingtpn, Jan. HO. ? Speaking to
the full membership of the house a
packed galleries. Majority Leader
Claude Kitchin demonstrated again
today that he is master of matters
pertaining to the tariff. He spoke for
more than an hour in explaining the
merits of the rovenuo bill, which is
to raise $200,000,000 to satisfy the
pleas for greater preparedness.
Mr. Kitchin told the house that but
for the clamor for additional nppro
priations for the army and navy not
a dollar of extra revenue would now
be necessary. He reminded those who
had called so loudly for even greater
amounts than have been appropriat
ed, and who are now complaining
against being taxed to pay the bills,
that the tax would not have been nec
essary had they not east their votes
for appropriations which excels by
many millions of dollars that appro
priated by any country in the world
in time of peace.
Mr. Kitchin reminded the house that
there must be a stopping point on the
enormous appropriations this country
is making, and declared that as much
as he thought of President Wilson, he
believed the President had made a
mistake in urging the Congress to
spend the millions of dollars which
this country is now authorizing for
the soealled preparedness measure.
"You have been hollering prepared
ness in this country," shouted Kitch
in, as he advanced up the aisle and
pointed hi:; finger at the Republicans,
"as have some of the Democrats who
had become panic stricken for pre
paredness, until you have made the
people think that our country is in
greater danger than Great Britain, or
the other countries in Europe; that
the Japanese are coming over from
the west, and that Germany, France
and Russia are all coming from the
east. You have gone so far as to say
that those nations, all but bankrupt
and exhausted by the war, just as
soon as the war is over, looking ov
er America with her great big, rich
untouched resources, are going to
come over and attack us or make us
indemnify them for all the losses of
the war. That is the kind of stuff
your Navy league and your Security
league and your Republicans and some
good Democrats have been putting
out to the ^cuntry."
Representative Rutler, of Pennsyl
vania, suggested that Mr. Kitchin
may add tiiat the President of the
United Stat?s, our own Democratic
President, had asked Congress to give
him the biggest navy in the world.
"As much as I think of the Presi
dent of the United States," said Mr.
Kitchin, "and I think he is one of the
greatest we have ever had, and I
have got as much confidence in him
as 1 ever had in anybody in the world
? I have never said that the President
of the United States was not some
times as wrong as Republicans are
wrong all the time."
Mr. Kitchin urged both Republi
cans and Democrats to vote for the
bill because, as he thinks, it is the
easiest and best way the money can
be raised. He declared that not half
the amount needed for the prepared
ness measures could have been raised
from the Payne Aldrich tariff act in
the very best days of its existence,
when there was no war to hinder the
importations which usually come to
our ports.
"I ask any one of you Republicans,"
said Kitchin, "to suggest any better
way of raising1 this money. You know,
and I know, you cannot do it. So go
along and cast your votes for this
measure, which is the best and most
equitable way of raising the amount
we must have."
For once in his life Mr. Kitchin be
came serious when arguing tariff
matters with he Republicans. He usu
ally jokes with them, and nine times
out of ten the jokes are at the ex
pense of his Republican brethren. He
did this today, but towards the end
of his speech he stopped short in his
address and, looking over the 400 odd
members, he asked them to stop, and
to consider where the country was
going to stop the enormous, extrav
agant expenditures of the people's
money.
Estimated Value of Farm Production
In 1916.
Dun's Review.
By far the largest gross value of
of farm production in this country
was reached in 1910, according to es
timates made by the United States
Department of Agriculture. The total
of crops and animal products was
$13,449,000,000, an increase of $2,
674,000,000 over the total of 1915,
which was itself a high-water mark.
The mere increase is greater than the
Census gross value of farm produc
? tion in 1889, and is nearly as large as
the Census crop value in 1899. The
i increase of 191(5 over 1914 was $3,
I 554,000,000. The gross value of farm
production is the total of crops and
animal products, and takes no ac
' count of the use of a product as a
1 material for other production; nor
are any costs of production subtract
ed. Consequently, the value of gross
production should be regarded as an
index number, and not as so many
net dollars put into the farmer's
, pocket.
The value of the net product of
wealth on farms has never been de
termined, and cunnot now be esti
mated, The items for the estimated
years are expressed in gross value
and are made to conform to the Cen
sus plan, so as to be comparable with
thi> e for the Census years.
If the gross value of the Census
farm production of 1899 is represent
ed by 100, the value for 1879 was
46.9; for 1889, 52.2; for 1909, 181.4;,
for 1914, 209.8; for 1915, 228.4; and
for 1910, 285.1.
In the subdivision of the value of
gross production into its two main
elements, crops and animal products,
it appears that the total estimated
crop value in 191(5 was $9,111,000,000,
an amount greater than the sum of
the estimated values of crops and of
animal products for any year previous
to 1912, greater than the total esti
mated crop value of 1915 by $2,204,
000,000, and of 1914 by $2,999,000,000.
The total estimated value of ani
mal products in 191(5 was $4,338,000,
000, or more than double the value
for 1904, which was the highest
amount to that time. It was greater
than the estimated value of animal
products in 1915 by $470,000,000, and
of 1914 by $555,000,000.
Compared with the value of farm
crops in 1899, represented by 100,
the crop value for 1909 was 183.0;
for 1914, 203.9; for 1915, 230.3; and
for 191(5, 303.8. A similar comparison
for animal products results in a per
centage of 178.7 for 1909; 220.2 for
1914; 225.1 for 1915, and 252.5 for
1916.
The crop value for 1916 increased
over that of 1899 by 20.'{.8 per cent;
of 1909, by 66.0 per cent; of 1914, by
49.0; per cent; and of 1915 by 31.9
per cent. The value of animal prod
ucts increased in 1916 over 1899 by
152.5 per cent; over 1909 by 41.3 per
cent; over 1914 by 14.7 per cent; and
over 1915 by 12.2 per cent.
From 1908 to 1914, the total crop
value, as a fraction of the value of
total gross farm production, declin
ed from 64.6 to 61.8 per cent. In 1915,
on the contrary, this tendency was
not only arrested but was sharply
reversedl, and the crop value then
became 64.1 per cent of the total of
crops and animal products, followed
by another sharp advance to 67.7 per
cent in 1916.
The level of prices paid to produc
ers for the principal crops, December
1, 1916, was about 55.9 per cent higher
than a year previous, 52.9 per cent
higher than two years before, and
52.8 per cent higher than the average
of the previous eight years on De
cember 1. The year 1916 was one of
comparatively low crop production,
but the prices and values of most of
the crops were extraordinarily high.
? Dun's Review.
BENTONSYILLE NEWS.
Mr. W. A. Rose, of Rocky Mount,
spent the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. W. N. Rose.
Mrs. H. C. Holmes, of Wayne Coun
t>', spent Sunday and Monday the
, guest 0f her uncle, Mr. J. S. Mas
sengill, who continues very feeble,
i Mr. J. L. Flowers and Miss Bes
sie Williams spent Saturday and Sun
day in Newton Grove with friends.
On account of unfavorable weather
, our farmers are very slow in prepar
ing their tobacco plant beds.
A public debate is billed for Mill
Creek school on February 7th at 7:30
P. M., between three boys and three
girls. Woman Suffrage is the query.
The public is invited.
The Beaver Dam school is to have
a public debate on Saturday night,
February 3rd, between three boys
and three girls. Woman Suffrage is
the query
Last Sunday evening at four
o'clock, at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lee of
the New Hope section, their daughter,
Miss Irette, was married to Mr. D. A.
Williams, of this section. Mr. W. A.
Powell, Esq., officiated. After the mar
riage the bridal party departed to
the groom's home where a sumptuous
supper awaited them. The writer
joins the many friends of the con
tracting parties in wishing for them
a happy and prosperous life.
POCKET BOOK LOST.
On January 22, 1917, one black flat
folding pocket book was lost on the
road between Blackman School house
and Four Oaks. It contained a five
and a ten dollar bill and a silver
half dime. The finder will please re
turn same to me and receive reward.
B. W. GRADY.
Four Oaks, N. C.
DR. B. W. KILGORE
Director of the North Carolina Ex
periment Station and Extension Ser
vice. Dr. Kilgore might properly be
styled the leading man in North Car
olina in Agricultural lines and it is
largely due to his keen foresight and
ability that North Carolina leads all
other states in the South in Agricul<
ture. His address is Raleigh.
Chicago's Millionaire Philanthropist.
Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago
celebrated his fiftieth birthday on Au
gust 12, 1912, by making gifts to
taling $700,000 to various worthy or
ganizations, including $250,000 to the
University of Chicago, $250,000 for a
Jewish charity building on the West
Side of Chicago, $50,000 for a So
cial Workers' Country Club near
Chicago and $25,000 to Tuskegee in
stitute offshoots, including rural
schools for negro children. In 1911 he
offered to contribute $25,000 for a
colored Y. M. C. A. building to every
community in the United States which
within five years would raise by popu
lar subscription an additional sum of
$75,000. More than a dozen cities
qualified.
Within the last two or three years
he has assisted in building about 200
schools in colored rural communities,
principally in very poor districts of
the South. The late Booker T. Wash
ington found in Mr. Rosenwald (a
trustee of Tuskegee institute) one
of his stanchest supporters. Mr. Ros
enwald more than once hired special
trains and took large parties to see
Tuskegee.
President Wilson recently appointed
Mr. Rosenwald to the advisory com
mission of the new Council of Nation
al Defense.
"I believe," he said, "a fund of
$100,000,000 should be subscribed
now, to be available as soon as the
war of rehabitating all the countries
ravaged by the conflict; a fund not
for the care of dependents, but to be
applied for construction where re
quired
I asked Mr. Roscrwald with whom
among the warring nations his sym
pathies lay.
"With all who are suffering," he
replied.
But he did not tell me what I learn
ed elsewhere that his contributions to
war sufferers have averaged consid
erably more than $10,000 a month for
the last two years.
A beautiful incident occurred while
I was in Mr. Rosenwald's office. The
telephone rang and his face broke
into smiles. Turning to me, he said
excitedly: "That was my mother. She
is coming to see me. She hasn't been
here in four years." From this on he
kept glancing out of the window, and
the moment she appeared he rushed to
meet her. After that he ceased to
act as president of Sears, Roebuck &
Co. He became just "Julius" and all
business, so far as he was concerned,
was off.
"Every morning in his life," one of
his associates confided to me, "Mr.
Rosenwald visits his mother before
coming to work. And when he returns
from out-of-town trips, no matter how
we may be clamoring for him at the
office, he first visits his mother, who
is in her eighty-fourth year and ac
tive in mind and body. Mr. Rosenwald
once remarked to me, "I regard as a
fresh gift from God every day He
spares her to me.' " ? B. C. Forbes, in
Leslie's.
The Longest Name in Michigan.
On page 896 of Kalamazoo's new
city directory may be found the name
of Polybus Theodorcoundorgeotopou
los, a waiter in a restaurant. It is
said of Theodorcoumoundorgeotopou
los that his name of 11 syllables and
28 letters is not only the longest in
the directory, but also longer than of
any other resident of Michigan. ? De
troit News.
The cork oak of Spain is said to
grow best in poorest soil.
GARY'S 8 RULES FOR SUCCESS.
Head of Steel Company's Advice to
the Young Man.
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation, after
thinking the subject over carefully,
compiled the following prescription
for the young man ambitious to at
tain success:
1. He should be honest, truthful,
sincere and serious.
2. He should believe in and preach
and practice the Golden Rule.
3. He should be strong and healthy,
physically and morally.
4. His habits and mode of living
shou! 1 be temperate and clean and
his c- impcnions selected with regard
to th ir character and reputation.
5. He should possess good natural
ability and a determination constant
ly to improve his mind and memory.
G. He should possess a good educa
tion, including particularly the funda
mentals, such as mathematics, gram
mar, spelling, writing, geography and
history, and also a technical education
concerning the lines he proposes to
follow.
7. He should be studious and
thoughtful, keeping his mind upon a
subject until it is mastered.
8. He should be conscientious,
modest but courageous, energetic,
persistent, even tempered, economi
cal, faithful and loyal to his friends
and the interests he represents.
As he handed over his r?cipe for
success Judge Gary remarked:
"The above qualificatons, you will
notice, are within the reach of all.
If possessed and put into practice,
they will bring success to the indi
vidual and satisfaction to any others
interested." ? B. C. Forbes, in the
American Magazine.
Save the Cost of Delivery.
Houston Post.
The people of Philadelphia are said
to appear to be the best read of those
of any city in this country. The rea
son is apparent to any one who has
lived in Philadelphia for any length
of time. Beside patronizing their
splendid libraries, the people of Phil
adelphia read the advertisements in
their daily newspapers and particu
larly the advertisements of John Wan
amaker.
Practically every newspaper in that
city has carried a page ad for this
man ever since the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary; and that
page is always the most interesting
page in those well edited papers. In
a recent advertisement John Wana
maker has this:
"An old friend today told me that,
forty-four years ago, when he was
seven years old and working in a lit
tle store in a country town, a preach
er came in on a public holiday, when
all the other clerks were absent, and 1
boupht a ham and asked if it could
be sent to his home. He was told of
the circumstance of everybody's being
away, but the boy said: 'I'll get it
home somehow if I can.'
"The parson, Rev. Noble Frame,
just like an old-fashioned Methodist
minister, replied: 'I'll take it myself,'
and added, 'It is a poor animal that
could not carry home its own food;'
and he and his next morning's break
fast walked off together.
"All who knew Noble Frame still
remember him as an unselfish, noble
man, who every day helped other men
to carry their burdens. Thousands of
our good customers, those who have
automobiles, and others, whose par
cels are small and, easily carried,
take them with them for which we
thank them.
"While our Store Spirit, as well as
the custom of our clerks and messen
gers, is considerate, as it should be;
yet we are glad to acknowledge that
our customers are also considerate of
their storekeeper and of themselves,
also, when they take their package
with them."
The United States government has
recently determined that the average
cost of deliveries in the well-paved
city of Washington averages eight
per cent of the gross receipts of the
merchants. And the people could save
this eight per cent on their purchases
were they willing to carry their bun
dles home with them. "It is a poor an
imal that could not carry home its
own food."
English street railways are experi
menting with a compound rail, the
worn parts of which can be renewed
without disturbing the roadbed.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administratrix on the estate of
Henry Hines, deceased, hereby noti
fies all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the 2nd day
of February, 1918, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said es
tate will make immediate payment.
This 30th day of January, 1917.
FANNIE HINES,
Administratrix.
N. B. C. GRAHAM
CRACKERS
You don't have to coax the children
to eat plenty of N. B. C. Graham
Crackers. These are not only rich in
the nourishment that builds bone and
muscle, buttheirtemptingtaste makes
the little appetites hungry for more.
N. 13. C. Graham Crackers added
an individuality and nut-like flavor
that other graham crackers lacked.
This makes them an almost univer
sally popular article of everyday diet.
NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
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packages
Third - Car - Load
My third car load of Nice Mules Received
to-day. This is one of the nicest loads of Mules
seen in Smithfield. Come to see me when in
need of a Mule or Horse.
W. M. SANDERS
Smithfield, N. C.
Another Lot Bibles jj
y
We have just received a new lot of Bibles and Testa- jj
ments. Bibles from 35 cents up to $3.00. Testaments y
from 10 cents up to $1.00. y
Large Type Edition Testament and Psalms for 50 U
and 75 cents. jj
The Herald Office a
Smithfield, N. C. u
INAUGURATION
President Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D. C.
Monday, March 5th, 1917
$10.05 Round Trip
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
From Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Burlington, and
all intermediate points to Greensboro.
$10.65 from Goldsboro; $10.70 from Selma
Round trip tickets for this occasion will be on sale
March 1, 2, 3, 4. and for trains scheduled to arrive Wash
ington by noon March 5th. Tickets will be limited return
ing to reach original starting point by midnight of March
10th, 1917, or by depositing ticket in Washington and
paying a fee of $1.00 final limit will be extended to April
10th, 1917.
Special Pullman Sleeping Cars will be operated from
Raleigh and Durham, and from all points for special
parties of twenty-five or more.
For sleeping car reservations, and complete informa
tion, ask Southern Railway Agents, or address,
J. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.