Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1909 — Page 4

I"* -'M*' ' TT THE DEMOCRAT mßTrmmT monimro by LEW 0. ELL'NGHAM, Nublloheft WJMHNt YBABIK ABTANOB. Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., as second class mail matter. BWFICIAL FAFER OF ABAN|B CO. SAME BRAND OF TARIFF EXPERTS In many campaigns the Democrats have done their best to make the people understand that the high tariff laws, such as the McKinley law and the Dingley law, were framed and their passage forced by the agents of the trusts and other big protected interests, working through the Republican party. And now comes Senator Dolliver of lowa, himself a Republican, and admits this in a speech in the senate. He speaks sarcastically of these trust agents as a “tariff commission.” Here is the way he puts it“I say to you that we have a tariff commission now; that we have had a tariff commission in the United States for the last twenty years. They are experts, though they have never been appointed by any public authority. They are volunteers, aiding congress in its difficult and strenuous work. They wrote, according to the testimony of Governor Dingley, the iron and steel schedule. They have written, according to the* testimony of Governor Dingley in a letter which I had the opportunity to read in the senate chamber a few weeks ago, the cotton schedule. For forty-two years they have met regularly before every congress, charged with the duty of revising the tariff. So if we imagine that we have no tariff commission we are mistaken. The trouble Is our tariff commission represents no public responsibility, and in these latter years, to my judgment, It has become the mere Interpreter of the greed and avarice of a few men, without regard to the needs of the industries, are pushing the duties upward for purposes of. their own.’» Senator Dolliver went on to say that the new Payne-Aldrich bill was made by the same brand of tariff “experts” and in the interest of the same protected interests.

ITB AN . > UNJUST TRIBUTE After nearly five months of effort . the special session of congress has i ■ passed a new tariff bill and adjourned. The result of its work is whoUy unsatisfactory. Every one knows that the Dingley law enacted in 1897 was a gross outrage on the people of the country. It carried the highest duties ever imposed up to that time. It was practically prohibitory of all impor- ! tations which came into competition with trust-controlled products and the people, being helpless, were shame- 1 lessly robbed in all directions. And now we have this new law which raises the tariff higher even than the Dingley law. Champ Clark, the Democratic floor leader in the house shows that when the twenty-five per cent maximum duty goes into effect next March, the average rate will be twen-ty-seven per cent, higher than that of the Dingley law. And what are the people going to do about it? What are they going to do about the enormous increase in taxes, in expenditures, in the cost of living? What are they going to do about the unjust tribute that they must pay to the trusts and special interests under this new tariff law, this latest manifestation of organized greed and legalized brigandage? IT’S THE ONLY WAY A Washington dispatch to the Indianapolis Stqr says: “During the tariff revision two men have headed the high tariff army’s two divisions —Cannon in the' house and Aldrich in the senate. The interests, always working # under a common instinct of political graft, have been in control and Cannon and Aldrich have been the convenient instruments to carry into statutory law the wishes ol these interests.” The same dispatch also says: “It is clear as noon-day that th<

opportunity to MHU . ttIUM end, it may be, a successful blow at the hard-and-fast ' combination of greed that is so potent in congress will be in selecting men for congress next year who will pledge themselves unhesitatingly and unequivocally to vote against Cannon.’’ And this: . “in many sections of the country the people, already aroused and inflamed by the betrayal of their interests, are preparing to go after , such pledges. The issue of “Cannonlsm” which first swept over the country like a prairie fire last fall, is now more vital than ever.” And again: “In some sections of the country preliminary plans already are being made for the organisation of ’AntiCannon clubs.’ The indications are that greater than any other Issue in the congressional campaign will be the personality of the speaker.” Let it be borne in mind all the time that the Republican party in congress endorsed both Cannon and Aldrich and enacted their Infamous bill into law. Let it also be borne in mind that President Taft approved and signed this same bill as soon as it got into his hands. The only safe way to get at “Cannonlsm” is to elect a Democratic congress.-

DEPLORES HASTY ACTION j Most of the stockholders of the Decatur Furnace company and many more who are not stockholders, but who are interested in the welfare and the upbuilding of this city, deplore the hasty action that forced a receiver for that institution. There was no immediate need for such action as the plant had been closed and no further expense was being made that in any way jeopardized the interest ot any one, be he stockholder or creditor. Plans of reorganization were under way which the application for a receiver has of course stopped, but aside from this it hurts not alone the Decatur Furnace company, but every other Decatur institution to have the affairs of business men settled by the courts. Besides this, settlements in the courts are costly experiments, which will also prove true in the case in question, unless taken from the jurisdiction of the court and Settled by business men in a business way. It is to be hoped that good conservative business judgment will prevail, and if it dees, Decatur lacks a whole lot of being a dead one. Keep cool. Cornie has just received two cars of beautiful lake ice. Bryan says that if a married man has a desire to gamble the thing for him to do is to buy a slot machine and take it home and let his wife run the gambling device—-it would not be long till the wife would be the treasurer of the family.—Columbia City Post

The Great Nortirfhplndiana Fair is next Every loyal citizen of Adams county and we are all nothing if not loyal—should begin to arrange affairs of state for at least two days at the fair. It is going to be greater, grander and better this year than ever before, and Adams county should show their appreciation of the efforts of the association by their attendance. If the conclusions of John Callan O’Laughlin, the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, are correct, the hosiery manufacture™ got thd best end of the argument in the final tariff wind-up. He claims that the cotton schedules, as finally fixed, are a decided advance over the Dingley rates on the cheaper grades of hosiery as well as upon the more fancy laces anld embroidery. Time and retail prices will tell whether or ‘ not he is right fa his deductions.— 1 South Bend Times. vaaißßinaV ■ In his platform, Jesse Grice, rei publican candidate for mayor of Fort i Wayne, says: “I maintain that all a the people should have all the water they want all the time.” Not many voters will go back on Grice on that declaration, but what Fort Wayne voters want to know is, “How much ebeer can they have all the. time?” or

odqu or closed chi SiiudAv nnd lioli* i days?” On these proposition*"(the clever Grice is not clear.—Columbia City Post (Republican papers announce that Beveridge will be very strong next year for the reason that he opposed the tariff bill. It is something new in the popularity line for a man to attain such distncton by flghtng a party measure. Paradoxical as it may seem the Republican press of Indiana is praising the new tariff law and at the same time complimenting Beveridge very highly for his efforts to overthrow the iniquitous measure. But a man can not serve two masters; neither can he be for any against a law at one and the same time.—Columbia City Post, Sumner a Washington corresponddent who seems to have Inherited the shoes of Walter Wellman, as the mouthpiece of the administration, announces that President Taft will discuss the tariff question quite extensively in his tour of the country in the fall. In the published itinerary, Indiana was not on the map. And it may be well that it is not If Taft were to come to Indiana and undertake to uphold the tariff bill that was “too Iniojißous” for Beveridge to swallow/inqutsitive Hoosiers might be inclined to bombard him with questions might be embarrassing.—Columbia City Post

“It is astonishing” said a man prominent in business affairs, “to know how much money goes out of Fort Wayne for investment—and it is astonishing that men who depend upon Fort Wayne themselves are the very ones who send their earnings out of Fort Wayne for investment.” Os course a man is privileged to do as he will with his own money, but in all fairness the man who does business in Fort Wayne, or engages in the banking business in Fort Wayne, ought to keep his money in Fort Wayne or get out of business in Fort Wayne, for the man who is always sending his money out of the city isn’t for “Fort Wayne with might and main.”—Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. During the last session of the Indiana legislature Representative Behymer a Democrat introduced a comprehensive bill to raise revenue by a graded £ax on inheritances. The Democratic house passed the bill but it got no further. A dispatch from Boston says that the Massachusetts inheritance tax, according to the report of the state treasurer, has worked out much to the Bay State’s profit. Although the tax will not be in full operation until September it has already proved the second largest revenue yielder, bringing ix» >749,782.32 during the eight months. It is said that many inquiries have been secured from other states concerning the Massachusetts inheritance tax. It seems to be generally conceded that this form of taxation which is simple and effective, and wholly non-oppressive if properly graded, will soon be general in the states and that the income tax will be left to the national government Governor Marshall has gone to northern Michigan for a well-earned vacation. Ad Governor Harmon of Ohio is also booked for a sojourn fa that region the political writers think that, perhaps, these two eminent Democrats will meet and discuss the next presidential campaign. This, of course, is mere hot weather gossip. It is a fact, however, that both Governor Marshall and Governor Harmoq are widely talked of fa connection with the next nomination for the presidency, phio Democrats have already launched something in the shape of a boom for their leader. Indiana Democrats are ready to. get in behind Governor Marshall with enthusiasm when the time comes. But it is nearly three years before the national convention will meet and there is no need for haste. Governor Marshall would make an admirable candidate and tie people of the country have their eyes on him. He is a big man now and he will grow bigger. The indications are that he will be made the national leader in 1912 and if that domes about he will be elected. /

I " I 1)61* octyftt Ims nioro tibi&ll once predicted that President Taft, as soon as the tariff bill should be finished and adopted by both houses, would claim for the work a downward revision. The new bill signed last Thursday is an incomparable juggle, finally agreed on by a conference committee packed in the most unblushing manner with members who were committed against a reduction of rates, as dictated by the trusts. And now Mr. Taft is delighted at the outcome. He claims for himself a triumph for the fulfillment of his promises last year. An ugly fact, however, is staring him in the face— Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Cannon and all the other high protectionists in the country are chuckling over the real victory which they have won in saving the Dingley law from harm. As against small concessions upon unimportant duties, heavy advances have been made upon articles in which the mighty trusts are Interested. The revision has been juggled, 80,000,000 consumers are buncoed afresh and a gigantic farce is consummated. The Republican insurgents must swallow their medicine. The Republican leaders are much divided as to the result of the new tariff bill upon the party’s future? LaFollette and his followers denounce it openly as a product of the interests, while ultra standpatters brand LaFollette, Beveridge and the other bolting senators as fakirs. The president is reported to be arranging u trip to the middle west to apologize for the measure. Gen. Warren J. Keifer, one or Ohio’s most conspicuous Republican representatives in congress, has no hesitancy in criticising the bill. He opposed the bill, it is reported, because it provides for free trade in spots and high protection in others. A dispatch from Springfield, the home town of Gen. Keifer, reports him as saying that “the«measure taxes prosperity and thrift, but not wealth, and that it contains many crude and dangerous points. He adds that there are no provisions in it to reduce the cost of living. His principal objection to the bill is its want :>t uniformity and its inequitable and sectional charcter. He insists that if you leave out the tariff on things which are immaterial to the common people, the new law is higher than the Dingley bill it supercedes. The General claims that not half of the Republican congressmen and senators favor the bill.” r-Lebanon Pioneer. • a Instead of a decerase in the cost of living, as an effect of the new tariff, there is every prospect that living will cost more than ever before. Whatever may have been the virtues of a tariff for protection, we no longer enjoy them. We now are living under d tariff for profit—profit for the few at the expense of the many. There is little doubt that this condition will have to be borne during the fife of the present congress, for the men who made this tariff will still be in control and still deaf to all reason and justice. In November of 1910, however, an entire new house of representatives is to be elected and in March of 1911 the terms of thirty senators expire. With the lesson of disthist that the people have learned during the last five months it is more than probable that a good many of the candidates for re-election in both houses Will be missing when the next congress convenes. For those in authority might just as well realize that the tariff question has not been settled by the latest enactment If anything it has been more unsettled than it was when the president convened the extra session last March. Then the people looked forward—with faith in promises—to a prompt and equitable settlement. Now they look backward to what they can hardly regard as other than a plain bunko game.—lndianapolis News. . t While in the midst of a crowd of merry makers, enroute from Boyd park to Peru, the seventeen-year-old son of Frank Medary, of Oakdale, was thrown head first from the rear of the car. The accident was caused by a sudden lurch of the car in turning a sharp curve. In falling Medary struck a telephone pole and was instantly kmod. ■ .j i

THE THIRD DAY I I given in the M. E. churqh in this 1 city on last evening, were well repaid for their going. An excellent program 1 was rendered, each part of which was ’ well received by an enthusiastic audience. The first number on program was music by the institute quartet > The boys acquitted themselves credi itably and responded to an encore with that favorite “She Sleeps, My Lady Sleeps.” The violin solo by Mr. * Don Burk, with piano accompaniment 1 by Miss Elizabeth Schrock, was splendidly rendered and brought forth , much applause. Miss Goldine Fink . deserves especial mention |for her ( work. As a reader, she shows marked ability and her selection brought tears to the eyes of her hearers. The ev- - ening’s entertainment closed with a ; lecture by Prof. Charles Swain Thomas of Newtonville, Mass., on the subject, "Our Reach and Our Grasp.” As an orator Prof. Thomas stands in the * front rank. For a space of forty mln- > utes he held his audience spellbound . by his excellent , expression,, . Jiis splendid story telling and his matchless oratory. Should he again appear in our city he no doubt would 1 be greeted by a full house. (Continued from page 1.1 rect All study which developes the fine arts should be done under the [ eye of the teacher. Many students . fall because they do not know how to study. Thoroughness should be our watchword. The fact that we ’ have adding machines does not imply > that we heed not become accurate in adding, but rather that we should become absolutely accurate or else we are inferior to the machine. The doctor then gave a practical drill to the class, which proved beyond a doubt, the correctness of his theories. Those who attended the lecture Wednesday Morning. Institute opened with song service, followed by devotional exercises by G. W. Warner, of the Decatur school.s The sectional work was continued this morning. Section one was in charge of Dr. Ferris. Continuing the subject of Arithmetic he said: There should be no districtions in teaching arithmetic. Find out the interests of the community in which you teach, and teach from that standpoint, relating your work to those interests. The training of the child’s mind is paramount Do away with tablet, blackboard, etc., an dhave them visualize. Written arithmetic is for three things—to economize mental energy, permanent record and illustrative purposes. Drill is necessary, drill in addition every day. You must come in contact with the world in which you live. Get away from the text book. Make the business world your text. Section two, for the same period, under the direction of Dr. Hanson, continued the study of music. He began the lesson by studying the tone. The highness or lowness of a tone depends upon the number of vibrations of the vocal cords to a minute. . The greater the number of vibrations, the higher the pitch. In our public schdols do not dwell too long on the theory of music, but give mfich time to practices Train the ear of the . child, that he may be able to distin- . guish tones. Do this by drilling in schords, dividing the school into sections, giving each section a part of the chord to sing, singing both har--1 monious chords , and those that are 1 out of harmony, that the child may ■ distinguish between them. About thirty minutes were used in practice work. < | For the second period, section one * under the leadership of Prof. Thomas Studied fanguage and composition. ; Some thoughts dropped were: The i profllem in teaching language and grammar is to eradicate Incorrect speech. Do this by constant correc- ' tlons, use of good English by teacher i and a determination to have correct ■ English in the room. Many Children . do not know that their language is incorrect, so the teacher must place ’ it before the mand show them the 1 new and correct forms. Theoretically ; slang should not be allowed, but the t reedeemfag point is that it does not s endure. Interest in composition work can be heightened by the narration ’ of local happenings. 1 Third period. Reading, Prof. Thom- » as. The professor began the lesson ! by a study of William Cullen Bryant’s , poem “To a Waterfowl.” To .understand the poem you should first get the picture of the poem as Bryant saw it If you were all artists and would paint your pictures, all would f not be alike. Yet this does not say all would not be right We cannot , see just alike. By tests it was shown that we do not receive the same sen- ’ Bations by reading a selection. Our 8 sensations differ according to our exl periences. ’ ? i -o—---c o. V. rGraham of Monroe, was in r the cfty on business for the Graham Advertising Co. at that place.

Carried Fifteen out o Twenty-One Coun- ' ties ■ IN SOUTH CAROLINA The Campaign Was Hottes Since the Tillman Contest Columbia 8. C., Aug. 17.—The un Official returns from the elections hel in the twenty-one so-called “wet’ counties of South Carolina today so the purpose of allowing the voters c each county to choose between prqh bition and the county dispensary syt tern, indicates that the Prohibitionist have won victories in fifteen of then counties. Complete returns froi some precincts not reported tonigi may change the result in two or thre counties, but the probabilities are ths prohibition has carried in Abbevllh Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkley, Calhoui Colleton, Dorchester, Fairfield, Hami ton, Kershaw, Lee. Lexington, Orangs burg, Sumter and Williamsburg coun ties. The dispensary has Won in A ken, Charleston and Richland countie and is leading in Georgetown an Beaufort In Florence the vote li tied, with five precincts to be hear from, claimed by the prohibitionist! The election was without excltemer pr special Incident in any county /fa a small vote was polled. One-half < the state was already dry and the ac under which today’s elections wer held was a compromise measure adopted at the last session of the leg islature to defeat a bill providing f state-wide prohibition. The genera belief Is that the prohibitionists wi again move the passage of such a lax at the next legislature in January The election today was on the quea tion of voting on the dispensary, pre hibition having been decreed sin© August 22 last, under the bill pro vidlng for the elections which per mitted the counties* then “wet" t vote back their dispensaries if the so desired. For the first time th Anti-Saloon League took an activ interest in the prohibition movemea In this state and not since the stirr Ing factional contests of the ear nineties, when Benjamin R. Tlllma was first entering upon his spectac ular political career, has such t eam paign been witnessed as that wage by the Anti-Salqon League leaden church folk and “anti-dlspensaryitM against the return to the dlspensariei BUTTON CAUSED OWN DEATH Washington, D. Cr, Aug. 18. (Speck to the Daily Democrat)—The nava court which has been investigate the death of Lieutenant Sutton, toda announced that he was killed by i bullet from a revolver held in his owi hand, which was fired without Inter vention from any other hand. REGULAR SESSION • (Continued from page 1.) committee. Bids were opened forth twenty thousand dollar bond issm resulting in the same being awarde to J. F. Wild & Company, of fidla® apolis. After allowing the bills, the session adjourned: Toledo, St Louis & Western.|lßi.4 Willard Steele 10 0 O.’ s ®. Wemhoff To Page Blackburn O Powhattan Coal Co. ........ 171.9 A. Cool <B.« Globe Oil Co. 01.4 Geo. Kelzer Co. 48-8 C. U. Dorwln ............... 10.8 Chicago & Erie Ry. <Co. 40.8 Bass Foundry & Mach. C 0... 27.0 Ft Wayne Eelctric Works.... 54.2 New River Kanawha Co 42.5 Sunday Creek Coal C 0...... 65.9 BeU Oil Co. 25.8 Cambridge Co. 20.8 Enos Lord & Co. M . 2.8 Morion Whltwright 8.5 Citizens’ Telephone Co, 11.0 Citizens’ Telephone Co. 2.8 Wells Fargo Express C 0,.... 32.6 A. N. Steele. * 8r0...... 35.4 Mjlt Leavell 41.6 D. F. Teeple 104’ Toledo, St Louis & Western 114.6 National Mill Supply Co. .... 8.3 Wm. R. H. Harruff ..,.L'.......A... 20.6 Julius Haugk. 5.6 Marion Whitright 2.8 - Mr. George Bishop returned to hl home at Portland after attending t business in the city during the da] « “■ . A -A’’ I M