Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1909 — Page 4

3 KE DEMOCRAT «!■ ,1 ! 7"" ,LL.1.,-JL-. I f’—Tl inWYTHUMDAT MOaKINft BY LEW G. ELL'NGHAM, Publisher. B.OOFH YBAB IN ADVANOI. . ■ .... * - , Entered at the postoffice at Decatur, Ind., as second class mall matter. ■■ i in i i i m OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS Cg. PROTECTED THE ZINC MINE OWNERS It has long been known that the zinc mine owners of this country do not need any protection. No zinc ore is imported except to supply a demand 1 in excess of what is produced in this country. But the last congress gave the zinc mine owners a “protection ’ duty, of sl2 a ton. This the New York Post (Rep.) declares “is synonymous with theft and corruption.” Commenting on Post article the Indianapolis News s§ys: f The Post was in the beginning rath-1 er disposed to commend the bill as framed by the house, commend it, that is, as perhaps the best that could reasonably be expected from a Republican congress. It has, too, been rather more than just —as we think —in its comments on the bill as fin-1 ally passed. But it cannot “stand for ’ the outrageous zinc duties. It quotes the Mining and Engineering Journal as authority for the statement, that! the price of sulphide zinz ore last' March was S4O a ton; now that price Is $52.50 a ton. The increase is whol-1 ly the result of the new duty of sl2. 1 a ton, the ore previously having been. on'the free list The duty is 1 cent al pound on zinc contents in zinc ore,|' and the quotations given by the ing and Engineering Journal are on 1 60 per cent ore. As a result, ore which five months ago was selling for S4O a ton is now selling for $52.50 a ‘ ton—that is, the whole of the new duty and 50 cents more, is absorbed. 1 “Thus,” says the Post “the government has as plainly put $12.50 into the pockets of every zinc mine owner who produces a ton of ore as if congress had ordered it paid in cash.” The Post reminds us that zinc mining is not manufacturing; that there is here no question of protecting home skill and industry; that the wage dif* ference does not count because of the accessibility of domestic mafkfetS; that zinc mining is not an infant Industry, and that prohibition, which Is what we now have, “is not protection, even according to the gospel of McKinley.” What we have, therefore, is the deliberate creation of a monopoly. It is estimated that this rascally duty will result in taking $2,500,000 a year from the American consumers and turning it directly over to the mine owners. SYMPATHIES ARE WITH COOK Hiere is no mistaking the meaning of Commander Peary’s proposal as to disproof of Dr. Cook’s claim or that of Secretary Bridgman’s warning message to the commander not to give details'until the two have met. It is evidently Peary’s notion to get a long statement from Cook with a map and then proceed to tear it to pieces by finding petty flaws and contradictions In it. He has, of course, no plain “proof" as he has been intimating, but if he can get an elaborate account from Cook, who is confessedly no scientist, he will endeavor by the aid of his superior knowledge and perhaps of his learned friends, to cloud Dr. Cook’s story with suspicion. Nor is Secretary Bridgman’s course much mote edifying. He himself has said that Peary’s story corroborates Cook’s in important particulars, and he Is evidently afraid that further details from Peary will operate to the same effect This is not the generous, the manly, the ingenuous thing. It inspires the suspicion that Bridgman hopes he and Peary can concoct some modification or omissions that will make the Peary report less confirmatory of Cook’s exploit. It is sometimes said that we Americans are an unsentimental people, but this controversy reveals them in a contrarj attitude; for the ungenerous and reckless words of Peary have seeminglj driven almost the whole country ti the hope that somehow he may b<

■ worsted in the final decision, even to the point of seeing his own claims set aside. The remarkable coincidences between the two accounts certainly put the burden of proof on Peary, and he has. started out by prejudicing the jury against him.—(lndianapolis Star. If the present business administra- , tion of the affairs of the city are con--1 tinned during the next year, a twenty to thirty cent reduction can be nnde in the tax rate for 1911 over the rate as just made for 1910. Shout the good news along. • Adams county made a substantial reduction in the county tax levy for the coming year, as did also the city of Decatur. Democratic officers are in control in both the city and county governments. Reductions seem to be the style this year all aroutad us.—Columbia City Post. | People who own automobiles frankly admit that they can never again be satisfied with horses, because horses cannot go fast enoughto suit them. Those who do not own machines ought not to grumble at this, for they would equally object to an abandonment of electric street cars and areturn to the old mule car s tem, and/or the same reason.— ; Muncie Stiff. l ' — | A dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquir- ( er says: , ; , I “Senator Beveridge will return to Indianapolis about Sept 10 to remain < until congress convenes.” I'l | As congress convenes the first Mon- , day in December, Mr. Beveridge, if he ( carries out his plan, will be in the ( state about two and one-half months. ( That will be something extraordinary I for him. Except at such times as he is seeking re-election, Mr. Beverdige i is practically a non-resident of Indi- < ana. t ■snsßssn t A Chicago bank has put out a state- , ment in which it is said that “the re- < sponsibility for the panic of 1907 lies i at the door of our currency system.” ] Now, Tsn’t this-strange? In 1896, thir- , teen years ago, .the Republican party i told the country that it was the only j party that knew how to fix up money { matters. It was put in charge and t bleven years later we had the worst , panic in our hsitory, which was due, according to the Chicago bank, to our currency system. —Rochester Sentinel. ( HSB | Public opinion is not what it ought to be until it puts the badge of dis- ' honor on the idler. I can understand how a man could render to society a service that would be worth SIOO,OOO 1 in a lifetime, or a service so great ' as to be worth $10,000,000 in a lifetime, and even as high as $500,000,000, and some have actually done it. Washington is one; Abraham Lincoln another. But most of the men who had earned $500,000,000 were too busy earning it to collect it, while the men who collected $500,000,000 were too busy collectinfl it to earn From Colonel Bryan’s Chautauqua Address. - r “It is our belief that the seventhousand mile journey of President - Taft through the west and south will 1 mark the beginning of anew era in the history of the Republican party. . The true purpose of President Taft’s ' visit to the country is to pave the way for signal accomplishment. His • mission is to free the Republican ' party. It is a task of no mean magni- » tude, as he well understands. To suc- > ceed he must convince the people of ■ his own singlemindness, he must in- ! dicate plainly his real intent, jie must 3 win their unqualified allegiance and 3 support.” 1 This is the line with other stater ments that Mr. Taft intends to put in 8 a good deal of time, wherever he '> goes, defending the new tariff law I made by the Republican congress and 0 signed by himself. It therefore ape pears that the president is undertak--1 ing his journey as a party leader and ■ for partisan ends. Ttyis being so, ■ how can he, with any sort of good n grace, pay the expenses of his trip >* out of the public treasury?—Harper’s Y Weekly. t- SS—SSH--S-H y Talk of Mih Harriman’s successor is o idle. From to Caesar, from e Caesar to Charikmagne, from Charlo-

• magne to Napoleon, first to last, eash to the other marks a grand division ol history. The Alexanders and Caesars and Napoleons do not come more than one to the generation, even when the mills of the gods w6rk overtime grinding out Kenius. Edward Henry Harriman was a class and one not likely to be soon repeated.—Fort Wayne Sentinel. Adams county is evidently in a class all by itself, and enjoys the distinction of furnishing the lowest tax levy of any county around here. The list follows: Adams 28 Allen 42.65 Wells 36 Jay 38 Huntington 32 Madison 33.65 Whitley 28.65 Grant .... 32 Randolph 33 13-20 These figures clearly indicate that those looking after the taxing power of Adams county are also looking after the interest of those who pay the bills. With the lowest tax rate, the county out of debt, surely Adams county is highly favored. New York Wall street speculators anticipated the death of Harriman and manipulated things so that there was not a ripple in the market when his death was announced. On the other hand, they managed to boost certain stocks that were thought likely to slump, and by so doing skinned a number of speculators who were not in on the game. Those Wall street sharks never lose an opportunity to make good and are always on the alert for an opening.—Columbia City Post . ■ ( ssas-a——. The levy made by the city council is sufficient for all the needs of the city during next year, and if as good a council is selected to succeed them, there can be a still further reduction made in the levy one year hence. Not only that, but if the present business methods are continued Decatur will reduce her debt and her tax levy at the same time. Her credit is above reproach, it being unnecessary to employ a lawyer to collect when due, any account due and owing by the city, and in all, Decatur is about the best place on the map. I -HgBBSHHH-Bare-HB j. ;•> ' ' Newspapers in different parts of the country continue to speculate as to the probable nominee of the Democratic party for the presidency in 1912. The names most frequently used are those of Governor Marshall of this state and Governor Harmon* of Ohio. Other men are mentioned, but Marshall and Harmon are given the most serious attention. In the meantime Governor Marshall has returned to his office after a brief vacatlomand has settled himself down to his official duties wholly undisturbed by outside speculation as to his politcal future) I He proposes io give the people of Indiana his undivided service and to do the very best he can to secure for them good and economical government during the term for which he was elected. He has been and will continue to be a good governor. He will be logically in line for the presidential nomination. And if elected to the presidency he has the ability to fill the office with the highest credit to himself and the country. But in his own words “the future will take care of Itself.” The strike at the works of the Pressed Steel Car company, at Pittsburg, has been in progress for weeks. So many men have been killed in battles between the strikers and the armed guards stationed at the works’ that the trouble has been likened to the “Homestead” horror of 1892. The Pressed Steel Car company is one of the concerns that the government favors with its “protection*. The tariff enables it to charge practically its own prices for its products. Under this tariff it colects an immense I amount of extra money each year i from the American people. The comi pany, along with other concerns, asked for this tariff in order that it might pay better wages to its employee than i it would otherwise be able to do. Bui i the employes did not get their share -What is more, tbey never have gotten

h their share and they never will. Free < trade in labor has been used to beat s them down and such wages as they n have been getting have been due to e the strength of their organizations, - which the steel trust is now engaged - in breaking up. 0 3BSBSSSKKSBSBB Governor Marshall is to be sincerely congratulated for his stand against the system of secrecy heretofore malus tained by the state pardoning board. - The governor holds, and very correct- |- ly, that if a movemeht is set on foot t to secure the pardon of a criminal, it is only right that the public be made aware of the fact. It is fitting that the people of the community in which the offense of the man was committed be given an opportunity to voice their protests, if any they have. In times past it is known that a number of most unworthy men have been turned loose Carter H. Harrison has announced that he will seek the nomination for t mayor of Chicago on the democratic ' picket, and the-chances are that he will be nominated. He has filled the -office for four terms and was about > the best man who has held the office since the days of his father. With his experience and the change in public sentiment he would most as1 suredly give the people a better administration were he to be elected 1 again than at any time in the past There is plenty of room for reform in Chicago, and it is doubtful if a better man for the job can be found than young Carter.—Columbia City Post. simply because the pardoning board heard only one side of their cases. The friends of the convicts prepared their evidence and chiefly on this were the decisions made up, the only other things considered being the reports of the prison officials, which were much ' more likely to be favorable than adverse. Governor Marshall’s interfer- , ence with a presentment so one-sided is, therefore, both just and timely, and it is difficult to understand why the board members themselves did not > long ago correct the manifest abuse, < unless we accept the rather unpleasant explanation that they deliberately chose the “easy way" and avoided sessions that might be prolonged by the filing of protestations.—Fort J Wayne News. ~ ! NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN On a lonely night Alex. Benton of Fort Edward, V. Y., climbed Bald Mountain to the home of a neighbor, tortured by Asthma, bent on curing him with Dr. King's New Discovery, that had cured himself of asthma. This wonderful medicine soon relieved and quickly mired his neighbor. Later it cured his son’s wife of a SO" cere lung trouble. Millions believelts the greatest Throat and Lung curetm Earth, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs are surely cured by it. Best for Hay Fevr, Grip | and Whooping Cough. 50,c and SI.OO. , Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by ail druggists. 1 o —■ — I Oscar Kattman, of Lima, Ohio, but, , who has been visiting in the city for some time past, left this morning for Muncie for a short visit with friends. ' ■ o— T ‘ ► Ask for Allan's Foet-Ease- . A powder for swollen, tired, hot, smarting feet. Sample sent Free. i Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Pad, a now invention. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy I N.Y. , —•— Vincent Forking will leave for ' Bluffton the first of next week, where 1 he has accepted a position as baker ) in one of the restaurants at that place. , — — , Many people delude themselves by saying “It will wear away,” when they notice symptoms of kidney and bladder trouble. This Is a mistake. Take b Foley’s Kidney PHI». and Bt °P the - drain on the vitality. They cure backache, rheumatism, kidney and bladder '• trouble, and make every trace of pain, - weakness, and urinary trouble disappear THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO. f 3 A crowd of young fellows from here are gonig to take in the Fort Wayne e fair tomorrow, and will no doubt see 1 everything that is worth taking ar t look at. F The three children of Frank Hel-. r man, Charles Colchta who lives ft 0 the Frank Helman home, Mrs. Peter Heiman, all of whom are suffering f from typhoid fever, are reported as, * getting along nicely. Others of the A seme neighborhood who are ill With it the dread malady are two children or n Mrs. Peter Hess and Mrs. Tony Hack- ’ man. It la said that these are also lt doing as well a scould be expected. \ one of the Hess , children being the I Zt serious. >

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