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BSfcirr -- yt-V m.i PR0SP2RITV AND FREE HAW MATERIALS. Why the Cost of Living In crefce and the Cost of Man ufacturfcd Goods Advan ces in Spite of the Great Efficiency of Ameri can Labor. What aro the facts underlying and shaping governmental policy in the America of to-day? I. After two generations of al most uninterrupted Republican rule we find that favoritism has been organized into a national system reaching nearly every business activity of man. It is not and cannot be an enduring policy. It bred up Populism and Socialism, with widespread un rest, conditions from which al ways spring up fantastic propo sals and false remedies. 2- The conflict between capital und labor was never more real, though sometimes more acute .two camps of organized force, .each taking what it can get and keep, with no broad republican remedial measures proposed go ing to the root of the evils. . . 3. Labor is more productive in this country than in any other country in the world ; a thousand dollars spent in' wages in any of the great standard iudustries fields more in return to capital .than anywhere else in the world; yet the contrary is taught by the highest Republican authority. 4. Factories we Jhave, ready built, in excess of the home de mand, .and we must export in in creasing volume or work thenv part time. 5. Most raw materials foods, fuel and power, the substances from which all manufactured products are made are higher on the Atlantic seaboard than west of the Alleghany mountains, made so artificially by law.. RAW MATERIALS COST MORE TIIAN LABOR, 6. The raw materials in most industries cost far more than the labor. In agricultural imple ments, in the census year, $13, )44,628 was spent in material nd 22,450,880 in labor; in boots ajid shoes, $169,000,000 was spent in material and $59,000,000 in la hor; in bridges, $16,000,000 in material and $6,711,260 in labor; in electrical apparatus and sup plies, 49,000,000 was spent for material and $20,000,000 for la bor; in iron, $522,000,000 for ma terial and $120,000,000 for labor. In the sum total of all the manu facturing industries in the coun try for the census. year $7,345, 000,000 was spent in material .and $2,322,000,000 in labor, or three times the money for mate rial that was expended in wages. 'Not the labor cost but the cost of. materials restricts our exports of manufactured goods and en hances the price to the American -consumer. 7. Tbe prices of manufactured .goods are higher in this country than the same goods from the same American factories are sys tematically sold for abroad, made so .artificially by law. & Tbe Dingley tariff act also contains scheeules very like de ceit, . imposing duties, indirectly ' where none is generally supposed .to exist, as petroleum and its products .on the free list, but en joying a hundred per cent pro tection by subterfuge; coal clas sified so as to keep out all that could be imported, though anth racite is on the free list; spirits and whisky protected by a differ ..ential of 400 per cent, and lead ing temperance advocates blind to it. ' Because the law is so jtnade there is waning respect for law. 9. The sea is tlte preat com mercial resource of any country, and is, broadly speaking, equiv alent to mines, quarries and for ests adjacent to every seaport. These riches of the sea the Re publican policy has nullified and the country suffers. FAVORITISM ON THE THRONE. Turn where we .will, we find favoritism forever on the throne, the mantle of the tarilf covering its multitudinous sins. Wrong in the fundamentals, tricky in the schedules, upheld by a soph ism on the cost of labor, restrict ing exports in manufactured goods, leaving idle the lapor nec essary to make the increased exports, enhancing the cost to .the consumer, the seaboard states hard hit, the whole country low ered in its prosperity thereby, how can the Republican party meet criticism and endure discus sion in this campaign? . Since the labor cost in manu factured articles as a whole is lower in America than in any other part of the world, notwith standing the higher wages by the day and by the year, tbe statement in the Republican plat form that the true principle of protection is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equalize the difference be tween the cost of labor here and abroad is absolutely untrue and" wholly mischievous. Not to the tariff but to his own strong arm and alert mind does-the Ameri can laborer owe thewages he receives, and the degrading doc trine that he does not earn them is suffering collapse. Thus it is that the labor question is a nat ional question in itself and is a factor in the tariff question. Twelve Counts in Indictment Against the Republican National Adminis- tration. That the Roosevelt administra tion, which is attempting to pro ject itself into the future, is highly vulnerable needs no proof r beyond the presentation of the hare facts. 1. It has been extravagant and wasteful. 2. Jt has attempted to popular ize war. 3. It has gloried in Philippine imperialism. 4. It has menaced the States with federal usurpation by means of constructive jurisprudence. 5 It has recklessly undermined confidence in our business meth ods, causing panic, depression and suffering. & It has profited by the politi cal contributions of corporations seeking legislative favors. 7. It has spoken vociferously against the malefactors of great wealth, but it has not brought one of them to justice. S. It has bullied Congress, threatenefl to do as it pleased, law or no law. 9. It has assailed the courts when their judgments were con trary to its wishes. 10. It has maintained the high est tariff ever known in a free country and has made no move in favor of income and inheri tance taxes, 11. It has" constantly deman- 1 ded law and more law for the 'prosecution of trusts, although 1 existing laws are held by it to ' be too drastic for enforcement. 12. It is now attempting to round out a career of wilfulness, 1 greed, ambition and tyranny by -forcing fhe election of a person 1 ally excellent and amiable proxy. ; - New York World. How to get Strong. P. J Daly, of I2i 7 W. Congrr-M Sliett, Chit-ajo, t-llsof h why 10 beconio sironj lit- wh)s: ''My nifilhr. who is old and was vtrj' ft'( Lie, is !f 1 iviijg. K) nu:(;!i bent-Ot fWu El'.-eiiic DUtrB, d,at I lttl it's my duty to'til tLi se who utt 'd a tOLic and Btrtrglhtniu" medicine tbout it. In toy mother's eas-e a uj.trkt d taiu in Hcxtt lias resulted, insomnia l.as bun overcome, and she is stedily growing ntronj;er " Electric Bitters quickly rcrady tomnclieA liver and kilney complaints Kold undr guar antee by Mess Spruiil & Bro. eelm K ARMERS' EDUCA TIONAL' MEETING! - Washington, N. C, Sept. 16th, 190S. Feitor Roanoke Beacon: I am gratified to announce that a Farmers' Educational Meeting will be held in Plymouth on Tues day, Sept. 20th. There will be a morning and aftei'noon s3ssion. The meeting will open at 10:30 o'clock, and it is important that those who expect to attend should be on hand promptly. Some of the leading experts in agriculture will address the meeting, and will discuss topics of vital interest to every man in Washington County interested in the s soil. Those engaged in other vocations will also find the meetings extremely interesting. Drainage of farm lands will be discussed by Mr. J. O. Wrfght, one of the leading drainage en gineers in the country. The discussion of this topic alone will more than -repay the time and trouble in attending. There will be no politics about the meeting directly or Indirectly. The only purpose is to bring ben efit to the people.' Respectfully, V Jno. II. Smali A Sure-enough Knocker. J, C. Goodwin, ,( licidivilie, N. C , pays "Biu-Ht-n'd Arnica .uvc in a hure-enonyh knocker lor ulcere. A bad c ne (;air.e my lt- last Miimutr, but tbat woiuli'i li.l salve knocked it out in a Vw rounds Not even a scar remained." Xiuarantced fur piles, sorts, bum?, etc. l'."e. at Spiu'ill & liio's. . sel.ii in. JUUY LIST. T b e following-Limned persons were drawn to Kervu its Jurors at Fall Turin Su perior (Joarl of Washington County : Plymouth Township Jno W. Jackson, E. W llmrifsoi), VV F .Lucas, L Ji iiurdi (.on, X J fjaj lord, llonta prflf, O II, Francis, A F Guirett, O It Ltggett, J E. Hooker, J H Skittlttlutrpa, W H Harri son, S C Chissoo, M V Morniuu, J C. Spwiill.and J A Sprni.l. Sii-e's Millh Townsliip Jjao W Chi'ssot', A.r.Lur Vail Jno E l'.Le.p, N 11 i'en X'ovk and Jno W Cliei-sou.. jiinnelsvllu 'I'owuMtiip U" E Norman, Uult lliL-wer, J M l.caiy, ICphniini I'rit djaid, Arduir I'helps, T K SM din, II II. L'uirick au'd E U hticll, Sr. ScUjpt ruunt! lowiibUij) Jan A Am .trohe, W V Spruill, Sr ,Alva J Davei.. purt, W W Amhrose. J W Craddock, Jas. Q Woodley and T J lit .W.h. That Turtle Squb:e Caught. - ho the statement which I aiada as to the tge ot Lhe Li L'tr-llead" is . called in qncw nou by 'Hit iiittccn Man and certain of his readers The siory 1ms a ' lisny'' flavor declares the learned ycnile-uien ot the ir.ut shop and the hiiberdiihUtry. how did i jQjuro out ihe age ol this Chelonian is what troubles these good friends. I knew that many members ol ! this lemiiikable family of reptiles lived to; count their ages, not by years, but by cen turies, and thHt thiB particular species, the Alligator-Terrapin, often developed info spejitueus weiguni-4 titty and sixty pounds each, so J did not figure out his age myself, bat seeking the best suiirco of iutoiiuatiou which seemed to present itself I inquired diligently of those local experts reputed lo be learned in all the logger head lore of the tiujta. Men who have fer years been supplying this market with the toothsome terrapi 1, and who never before have been accused ul' offering anything the least bit ' lithy." Strange thai some of our friends over in Plymouth must needs get jealous because we caught a large timle and were a litt e disposed lo publish .the fact. I'lymouih could oncj boa-t of a real authority on "'Logger-Heads" itse f. but Mr NViiliau, Cooper his long since passed .to his reward, .though I otispett that his mantle has luileii Uj)on worthy thjulders in lhe person of Mr. Tom Vauhoru Let your scoffers und doubting Thomases ap ply lo him It r -edification, he will doubtlt fs promptly tell them that th-- unfailing ru e lor ascertaining a 'Logg. r-Heud'a" ae is as follows.- Fiibt catch your "Logger-lit ad don't l)u., him, or fiUc.i him .from your neighbor's Hup, but ca'.ch him yourself, giasp the end ef his tail fitudy iu your hii'ud, being caieful to turn his head out ward froiv. your leg, then tlu; "nutehes" i u the top of his taiLbetween your hctud and the shell are sure rjcoid of ihe ru tuber of summers 3 our turtle has uten ducklings and basked in the rays of a storchiug suu supported by s tnio friendly log. It is remarkable how bkeptieal men ar becoming these days especially yom g men reared iu the lowus, whose father -lived in the country, and who hid to know many things of great value to them iu that situation, that are of course worthless to the trader and Bage of the city. Next 1 expect to find some one question ing the fact tha firewood choped ou ihe fail of the nioou will,,,ptqj" and emit many spaik3 when burning, Vuile tli.it cut on the "new" of the moon will burn Dicely and bring Lappincsi: to the family olerv ing this inieresiiiig custom. Or perchance soma will doubt the etpia'ly well establish ed fae-t that fence posts cut iu the "'dirk'' of the moon will lot us fast as you set them up, while tho&e cut in the. "light" cd the moon will last a decade; without fun her attention. Or some will assert that seeds frur.ing iu or out of the ground, may be planted any time iu open defiance of the moon That there is no such thing as 'hollow horu".iu Catlle Tha a salt her ring w riaped in a coliard leaf ud Torced down the throat of . s!ck cow, will not re- store her 'quid," (:ud)' Or tLat a "Logger Lead" ii&.viig bltttu the tec of a lucklena uicliiii while wadiug, will luru los before it thunders TbiH done w bat becomes of the trades of euch local celf briiii 8 as Mo ta, wliowe delight it ia to sell "just one more" " riuuer's A liuauae," an iuvatuable publication, llirewinj much light tspeu oi-cult science, betnJeu keepiug the public posted ai; to tbe "clmnhes" of the moon. Or what furtht-r use will Wo hive fur Jack An. old who is cunning to cure "Hollow Horn" and to restore the lost "quid ' (cud) to iiiling kiue, beside d-iin many oths r nllrgwi useful turns not described in the books. li. t TRINITY COLLEGES 1 Col leg!- & Fo u r Depart tuf'nt? ate. Graduate, Knli nee ring illIU l.jiiw . Uiilv iihiiiij i.iv-in- t its. Well equipped laborato- l ies in all departments of Sei etiee. Gymnasium f tu'ti ished & xv it 1 best apparatus.. Expends ij very moderate. Aid lor worthy IT students. . - . SOUNG MEN WISHING TO 8TU&Y LAW pnoULD ISVESTIGAIE Til IS ;tf i r ..... i ..... r.i, ....... F..;ii : 6tiii:nton aivantaue9 t y. VEUED HY THE "PliPAKT MENT OK LAW AT TRIN ITY COLTjKOE. . . For Catalogue and farther Information. Aililicaa 1). W.NEWSOM-Mw Durham, N. C i -'t K i' j .u :ii t Hordes Sc IIiilo For tale or Exchange, At ill 1 times my object will be to keep on hand horses und mulcw to suit every one, from the cheapest 14) the best, an-d to satisfy. All etoelc MUST be us represenled , or -money will be refuiuled. Solieiting your palioiuige I um, Yours 1 inly, Louis IV Hojrntiial. jii4-t SPRINQ MILLINERY. We are now ready with our Spring Millinery, and we wish to extend our usual invitation to our friends and patrons to come to see our Millinery, Dress Goods, Etc. We Can shrw you some values i.h at will please tin se who want stood goods, fine quality and correct Ktyle-s and shapes. Did yon ever hear of Knowlling? lie is one of the biggest hat manufactu- rers iu the country, and makes exclusive styles that well dressed Jadie liie to wear. We haye awaiting yoBr eider a fine lot of theso hkiS, together with a large lot ot flowers. Our Headwear for Infants always ranks i'lligh." OiiginaUty of .designs ind good qmilit-y at fair prices being the standard. Co mo is see us. We will appreciate a visit. Yours, wKh thanks lor favors, Mks. V. M. Aybrs. THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLLCE of AUUiLTLTLEK A.D SEl'HAMC ACTS Pnictic.tl education in Agricul- ! ture; in Civii, Electrical, ami Mc chanical Enittceriug ; in Cotton Manufacturing, Dyeinr and Indus trial Chemistry. Tuition $45 a year; Board $10 a month. 120 Scholar ships. Examinations for admission at the Collegeon September 2. Address THE PUESIDENT, West lialeigh, K. U. Band CURE the LUNGS j Mm Oiseery I FOR fiopcHs Woo. 3 OLDS Trial Bottle Free! g AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. a GUARANTEED SATISFAGIOEYl I OH MONEY BEFITNDED. Sold by Spruill & Bio. ASK US TSX SH9WY9U ff HORSEHIDE Zl&y' ENAMEL g S$&s BLUCHER JT SOLACE LAST $4.00 Not only are the best of leathers used in the manufacture of RALSTON SHOES, hut also' only the choicest parts of the skin are used as you will see in the above .diagram. After being cut, the parts are "iitted" and finally lasted over the famous Ralston lasts the only lasts which provide for sole fit as well as upper fit. RALSTON SHOES besides being made of the finest mate rials., fit perfectly, and because there is no strain on ;any part, they hold their shape Jsnger, and twear better thon .any other similar jpricecl shoe we know . Let us .show you .our fine variety of Fail styles. THOS J. fiAYLOED, - Plymouth, N. C. THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. Maintained by the State for tins lidusation of the Women of North Carolina. Four regrtlar Courses leading to Degrees T Special Courses offered in Teaoher Training,' Music, Manual Arts and Domes lie fc-ii nto und iu the Commercial JJepar. merit. , Free Tuition to those who agree to teach in the -schools -of North Carolina. Hoard, laundry, tuition and all other expensevincSuditig use of text-booka, 170 ;)() a year. For free-tuition Ktudents, f l'J5.00 a year. Those desiring to outer -tihould ap,ply as .eurkyaas possible'. The capacity ol ths dor-niiroriea isMimtlecl. - Full sion begi.- s Septeoiber 15, V.H)$. t-or catalogue and oilier information address J. I. FOIJrl-X'ao8llcii.t-4. GJlfiENSKOKO, -Nl C. LOOK FOR ''XtZ, the sign of. ON YOUR Fl SWING .SUIT CARTE RS WATERPROOF EXTRA QUALITY. SUITS COATS HATS WHICHARD BROS. CO., southern DlSTRfBUTORS 145 West Main Street, NORFOLK, VA, jSold by Best Dealers Everywhere t p h h 1 1 p t S h r 1 1 L, 1 3 i l 5. 1 rt H j" H mi w ailtjQ I I aui In flie lead, eelllng tlie Best work for the price, lioth Open ami Top Bugjies, with all styles of-Springs. I am introducing a very ILiio riding spring, Guaranteed to Last, ami ck good service. I now have a line line of work os hand and can ill I orders promptly and for the quality of work, 1 will sell Cheaper than Ever before. Come one and all and all and all and give me a call. MThG Old se 20- SHOES ARE MADE i THE STAR quality - JrS 'ft BT iXTRA QUALITY. PILED CLOTHING 9 lielif W v In K
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