Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — THEY PRAYED FOR A TARIFF [ARTICLE]

THEY PRAYED FOR A TARIFF

Several Missouri Clergymen Oilier a Very Novel Petition on Thanksgiving Day. St Louis, Mo., Nov. 27. — A special to the Republic from Joplin, Mo., says: “Rev. Dean O. Dutton, of Webb City, and Rev. C. M. Davenport, of Joplin, both in the union Thanksgiving services held by the churches In the two towns, petitioned the Almighty to grant a tariff on sine, and to property direct the actions of the representatives of the mining interests of this district who are before the ways and means committee at Washington. “Several of the ministers in the smaliertowns in this distrtetateo made this petition part of their prayers.”