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TARIFF A BURDEN
Vastly Increases the Cost of Pro
duction TARIFFS BREED TARIFFS
Manufacturers and Consumers Alike
Suffer From the Protectlva System.
High Duties on Raw Materials Bar
Our Products From World's Markets.
The high tariff Is jotting to he looked
upon by Intelligent manufacturer as
bolut,' more of a burden to them than a
beneUt. If they got protection to the
extent of 00. 00 or oven 100 per cent
upon their products they are also
taxed heavily for the materials they
ubc "Everything we buy," says the
National Association of Agricultural
Implement Manufacturers, "is protect
ed by rates running from 10 to 75 pur
cent, and yet we are open to England,
which Is the lowest priced market In
tho world nnd buys her materials at
from 15 to 40 per ceitt below us."
Mr. Walter II. Lliugshilw or Now
Bedford, Moss., Rives similar testi
mony about tho cotton trade, In a
statement published In the New York
Journal of Commerce he says that the
cotton industry "requires nearly twice
ns much capital to ciiulp and operate
n plant ns It docs In England and pays
"45 per cent on nil its Imported machin
ery or Its equivalent to domestic man-,
ufieturers."
H"presentntlve Foss of Mastchu
setts, a Inrge manufacturer who en
Joy n tariff of 45 per cent upon lit
products, declared In a speech In con
grerfs a few mouths ago that he was
perfectly willing to have the 45 per
cent taken off provided the duty on
bis materials were taken off nt the
sumo. time. He further said; "I believe
today that under free trade conditions
we ran compete In the markets of tin1
world In most. If not all. of these in
lURtrle. and compete to better advan
tage than we do now"
' In asking for n tariff of 50 per "cut
on sweetened biscuits (which the
have since obtained), a firm of biscuit
manufacturers gave as a reason the
fact that they could not compete with
the fore'trner became lie got Ills ma
chlner. and appliances free of duty.
wher-is they had to pay'a heavy duty
on their Imported machinery as well
ns a Mnl duty of I'M per cent upon
the woo'i'ii felt aprons used by their
workmen.
Facts like these could be supplied
nd Infinitum. They all teach the same
lesson thnt the tnrlff Increases the
cost not only of the nrtlcle on which
it Is placed, but nNo of other articles
whose production depends upon it
Our manufacturers of advanced
goods complain about the high cost of
production. Hut this high Cost of
production turns out to be due lu most
cases to the high tariff on their mate
rials. Our national policy has hitherto
been when we have put a tariff on
crude products to put another tariff on
the manufactured articles lest the sec
ond man should be at n disadvantage
ns compared with the tirst man.
And so on throughout every stage of
Industry ttil we come to tho tluul con
sumer, who buys the Mulshed article
uud who generally sells labor In re
turn. He stands nt the end of the Hue.
Do we give him n compensatory tariff
on what he has to sell, as we gave the
others? We do not. He is the man
next the wall, and he has to bear the
bufdou. Aud If he only knew his own
interests he would go to the polls in
November aud insist upon removing
every layer of protection from the
ground upward which the machina
tions ,of organized selflshness have
thickly laid upon our Industrial sys
tem. Then will the natural cost of produc
tion determine prices. Then will our
manufacturers be better off by buying
cheap and selling cheap than they are
now by buying dear and selling dear.
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
nil over tho nnllon. Brook Ins' flights In Chicago gave the Windy City Its
the summer vacation occupied a prominent part in the week's news.
"And Still They Yell."
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Boston Herald.
Do n man u favor once and he may
be grateful. Do him .several favors
and he will think you owe them to
him.-Life.
Our protected industries are about
the very best Illustration of this. First
they cry out lu piteous tones for a lit
tle protection to tide them over the
precnrlous period of Infancy. Nest
they become louder and louder In
their demands until we actually per
mit them to write their own schedules.
Flnnlly they come to think that the
whole mass of consumers are for them
to pluck and that to lift a linger
against their extortion Is to assail the
sacred foundations of society.
FREE TRADE CONGRESS.
Side Lights on Tariffs From Many
Quarters Representative Men Re
cord Their Obssrvatioi.s
At the recent free trade congress nt
Antwerp considerable light was thrown
upon the working of tariffs lu different
countries by representative speakers.
Dr. Carl von Tyszku of Germauy,
dealing with the comparative prices of
goods lu England and Germany, quot
ed statistics showing that before 1870
Ue price of wheat was considerably
higher In Loudon than lu lterlln.
whereas since Germany adopted pro
tection the case has been reversed.
wheat lu Berlin costing 07 per cent
more than lu London In 1000. The
same change has taken place as re
gards meat. Up to 1000 Loudon prices
were higher. Since then lterlln prices
hnve been higher. There has been a
constant lessening of the consumption
of bread aud meat per head lu Ger
many. Mr. George N. Barnes, the English
labor leader, as a working engineer,
gave his views on "dumping." He wel
comed the fact that England was able
to get raw material cheaply from
abroad. "The more they dump the
better for us." he asserted. Free
trade meant cheap and good food for
the masses It brought about a better
understanding between foreign nations
and promoted peace nnd last, but not
least, it prevented the growth of trusts
and so checked the maldistribution of
wealth.
Senator Pulsford of Australia while
disagreeing with the tariff which was
passed when the commonwealth of
Australia was adopted In 11)01. held
that it was benellcent In one respect,
"for It swept out of existence all du
ties between the various states, and
this naturally resulted In a great de
velopment of Interstate trade and of
Australian shipping. Tills sweeping
away of tariff Impediments, which has
been so good for all of the separate
states of Australia might, it seems rea
sellable to Infer, jield equally satis
factory results If adopted b) the nn
lions of Europe between themselves
It may be pointed out as a stngular
thing thnt wlieu a number of states
unite in a federation It is always on a
free trade basis free trade of the most
absolute kind, and further, that the
result Is invariably and admittedly
satisfactory."
The congress sent the following mes
sage to the leaders of the Canadian
fiee trade movement by way of en
couraging the Canadian farmers In
their revolt against protection:
"The International free trade con
cress now sitting at Antwerp nnd rep
resenting twenty-six countries desire
me to convey to Canadian free traders
their congratulations on the stand they
nre making for freedom and In the
name of all the countries represented
here to thank them for the example
iiul the high and unselfish Ideal which
they u rescuing to humanity. .(Sighed)
Louis Strauss, president."
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Tho nomination of Henry L. Stlmson by the Republicans of Now York was nn Important event In the political calendar. The
Installation of ti successful trackless trolley lino near Loh Angeles. Cal., marks an epoch in transportation. Contests for the
James (ionlon Bennett trophy for the fastest (light in nn aeroplane will he held the latter part of October. The Vnndcrbllt
cup races were watched by thousands. Vice President Sherman's defeat by Roosevelt at Saratoga was watched by polltlcl'uis
VITAL STATISTICS
Pneumonia an! Tuberculosis
Head List of Fata) Diseases.
KOOHOLERJ OR YELLOW FEKEo
Infantile Paralysis Claims 533 Vittirru
in United States Disease Is Mainly
Among Whites, Colored R?ce Mor
tality From Th.s Source Being Very
Small Nine Deaths From LsproJy
Washington, Sept. 27. Theto
yai
1 nolewoith) decrease in ine uunuei
of deaths Horn influenza, common.)
called "grip," in 1909, in the cnisuj
buieau'B death registration uioa, iep
rebentlng over 55 per cent or the esti
mated population in continental Unit
ed States In the year In question, it la
to ho seen in the census bulletin on
mortality statistics for 1909, prepared
by Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur, chief bttitis
tlclan for vital statistics.
The deaths from Influenza num
bered 0,649 In 190), as computed with
9.9S9 In 1908, lu the registration area.
Tills is considered remarkable since
bronchitis and pneumonia, diseases
classified under respiratory diseases
but usually closely associated with In
fluenza, showed, for bionchltls ao.nit
the same number or deaths, and tor
pneumonia a marked increase for 1909
Pneumonia, In the aggregate, caused
more deaths thun other dlsenses, ex
cept tuberculosis. The number in
creased from CI, 259, or 130 per 100,000
population, in 1908 to 70,033, or H3.fi
per 100,000 population, in 1909, the lat
ter number being only seven less than
the number, 70,040, Trom tuberculosis
of the lungs.
Diseases of the nervous system In
.creased from 71,090 for 1908 to 71,050
for 1909.
There were 569 deaths from acute
anterior poliomyelitis, or. 'Infantile
paralysjs, 110 from pellagra, 55 froai
rabies, or hydrophobia, and 9 deaths
from loprosy In 1909.'
It is reported that of the 5G9 denths
from Infniitlle paralysis, 532 were of
white and orly 17 colored persons.
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Jneob Boniface, 101 years old, was
a complainant before Magistrate Nan
mer in Brooklyn against his four sous,
all men of middle age. He asked that
the court compel them to contribute
to his support.
While trying to aid Ensign Charles
Talley Blackburne of the battleship
Kansas Rave a young woman fiom
drowning In the Hudson river, a sailor,
believed to be Eugene Audit of the
Knnsas, was drowned.
Edward T. Ho3enheliner, niaiiufuct
uier, was Indicted by the grand jury
for murder in the first degree, chnrged
with being responsible for the death
of Miss Grace llouuh. who was killed
in an automobile ecl itiou in New York.
The Jury In the cnie of T. V. Ilul
soy. foimerly an otHcial of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, charged with offering u bribe
to a member of the Schmitz board of
supervisors, returned a verdict of not
eullty.
After living across the street from
ench other for forty years, Frederick
Dahms and Mary Andrecht of Pala
tine. III., eloped to Arlington Heights
and were married. Mr. Dahms Is sev
enty years of age and his bride is m
year ills senior
Governor Charles N. Haskell of
Oklahoma tnfoimed George R. Beldlug
of Little Rock, seiretary of the Ar
kansas Fair association, thnt ho de
clined an Invitation to be present at
tliH reception to Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt at Little Hock, Oct. 10.
A specific Instance of what condi
tions exist In the prairie towns has
Just been seen at Abilene, Kan. Hav
ing voted to do $40,000 worth of pav
Ing, it became necessary to float $10,000
In bonds. Fanners subscribed for tho
Issue, paying more than outside in
vestors were willing to offer.
High Winds Do Damage Down East
Sanbornville, N. IL, Oct. 3. For
twenty minutes Wolfborn, twenty
miles from here, was the center ot n
cyclonic wind such as nevor before
visited New Hampshire. It left In Its
wake damaged houses and barns and
uprooted trees.
first view of air craft, and the first meeting of President Tafl's cabinet after
NEBRASKA NEWS
Secretarj floyse's Figures Show
Gain In Stockholders.
BOTH GLASSES ARE JOINING,
Borrowing and Non-Borrowing Mem
bers Take Part in Business of Cor.
poratlons of State No Changes in
Law to Recommend Schuyler Asso
ciation in Hands of Receiver.
Lincoln, Oct. 4. Secretary E. Itoysa
" me state uauKiug ooaru nas com-
vmva nis annual repot i oi me uuuu
Ing and loan usboclatlon business ot
Nebraska for the year ending June 20.
Thirty associations were doing busi
ness at that time. The report to too
banking boaid shows a gain ot 2,by
lu the number ot Lion owing stock
holders for tho year, tho total nuuibei
being 19,025. The' non-uorrow tiii,
stockholders Increased from 31,770 tu
35,070, a gain of 3.90U. The touij
number of stockholders of bctu f.imu
lucreu3ed trom 4S.309 to C4.701, a gu.i.
of G.392. At the end ot the rlscal ju;.
the following facts are noted:
Amount of leal estate
loans In lorce $19,(543,C22.S2
Appraised value of real
Cstate and improve-
mtnts 43,513,"4b'.7.
Amount of tire insurance
assigned
Amount of tornado insur
ance assigned
Amount of business done
during the year
At a cost of
M 4dil)oLv
2 g7:,j;:j.,
lC.liol.Olti.co
210,7iiu.-, .
Condition of Associations.
Secretary ftoyse said In his report
to the banking board:
"Duringhe , year the Home Build
ing and loan association of Beatrice
went into voluntary liquidation, wound
up its affairs and quit business.
''The remaining members of the
Schuyler Building and Loan associa
tion, which was in process of volun
tary liquidation, found It necessary to
place it in tile hands of a receiver to
properly wind up Its affairs, and upon
receipt by the state banking board of
a request for such receiver, the nec
essary steps were taken to have one
nppointed and placed lu charge of the
association.
"I am pleased to congratulate you
upon the growth and condition of the
building and loan associations under
your supervision, as shown by the ab
stracts, summaries and comparisons
on preceding pages of this report.
"It Is no longer a question of the
permanence of the building and loan
association as a part of the financial
Interests of the state, and the propor
tion to which the aggregate resources
have, attained clearly indicate the im
portance of watchful supervision in
tJl0r affairs and administration.
This
Is peculiarly true because of the fact
that a class of people are affected
j that can Illy afford losses from mis
management or dishonest conduct of
their affairs.
"There is no doubt but the present
building and loan law has had much
to do with the development of these
Institutions, giving them power and
privileges enabling them to appeal to
tho people for support.
"I am not ready at this time to
point out nny material changes to be
made In the present building nnd loan
law; however, It will naturally follow
that with too rapid Increase of busi
ness abuses will develop and restric
tions become necessary that are ap
parently not needed at this time."
ARMY TOURNAMENT BEGINS
Bridge Building and Demolition Event
Is Feature of Opening Day.
Omaha, Oct. 4. Thousands of sol
diers of the United States army per
formed intricate drills for the enter
tainment of an equnl number of spec
tators at the opening of the army tour
nament today. A musical saber drill
by the Seventh cavalry and a musical
callsthenlc drill by the Fourth Infan
try brought forth rounds of applause
from the grandstand. In both drills
tho troopers and infantrymen went
through the performances as one man
tn the music of Use regimental band3
Without any exception, tho bridge
building and demolition event was the
feature of the program. In fact. It la
n veritable sham battle bultt around
tho erection and destruction of a
bridge by company K, Third battnllon
of engineers. The number presented
on n small scale the functions of the
various branches of the service in
their relations to each other In active
operatirn,
Irtsrurban Survey Delayed.
Linco'n. Oct. 4. The survey author-
'xod by the Lincoln Traction company
.'bettors lor .an lnterurban route be
tween Lincoln and Auburn will not be
mlertaken for some time yet. It was
.lot r'?'re(: to stcrt the survey nt a
time v'.:?n sirvejors would have to
',n through Tebis of giow'ng crops, be
(n'i"c cf ti.e domatte and expense that
would be ncc;.snry rnd as the season
went by It was flnallv decided to put
of)' the suivey until such a time as
Mttle damage wl'l be done bv tho sur
veyors in goiny: through fields.
Nora Bank Robbers Escape.
Nora, Neb., Oct. 3. Nuckolls county
officers are still trying to obtain a
clue to the men who robbed the State
bank of ?3.200. Three explosions were
required to opan the safe. The rob
bers escaped bv holding the citizens at
bay whllo tney decamped.
WOMEN END CONVENTION
New Rules Governing the Affairs of
the W. C. T. U.
raiioury, Neb. Oct. 3. The staM
Vomen's Chrlstlai. Temperance union
Ufin iln.?wl 'Pink wi uf'iln nrtnt'uittlnn
I lino Livivu in tiv.iv uiuiv iii-iniJu
., will be hold at .Mi Cook the last week
in September or the that week In Oc
tober next year, 'lhe prinilral changes
made in the constitution were tho
elimination of the time limit of offi
cers, the organization of the young
people's branch, the entire responsi
bility placed upon the superintend
ents of departments, a member can
not be considered a delegate to a con
vention without credentials nnd a re
ceipt, fiom the stato treasurer show
ing th.'t county dues have been paid
where lo'.ntles are not organized and
trom county treasurers where counties
are organized.
ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK FAILS
Robbers Blow Vault, but Are Unsuc
cessful in Opening Strong Box.
Oakdale, Neb,. Oct. 3. An attempt
was made to rob the Antelope County
bank. Burglars gained entrance to the
bank through a rear door by breaking
a heavy plate glass In the door. The
vnult was blown open, but the safe,
one of the new type and evidently too
difflcu't to crack, was not disturbed
Parties living near the bank say the
dynamiting occurred about 3 a. m. The
attempted robbery was not discovered,
however, until morning. It Is reported I
that nothing of value Is missing.
Sheriff Miller was quickly on the'
ground and everything possible Is be
ing done to get a trace of the robbers. '
GIRL DROWNS IN PLATTE
While on Bridge She Is Frightened by
Man Into Jumping Into Water.
Schuylor, Neb., Oct. 3. Miss Edna
Kavan of Butler county, a girl of nine
teen years, was drowned In the Platte
river, two miles south of Schuyler.
Miss Kavan was crossing the bridge
aud there she was met by a section
baud, who by his gestulations and
talk Is said to have frightened her.
While she was attempting to escnpe
from him she fell Into the river. The
man who frightened her was later ap
pheheuded and Is being held in the
county jail awaltlim the coroner's jury
verdict.
AGED MAN FALLS UNDER CARS!
AlatUfflMN TftLLD UNU EH 0113
Lewis Booknau, Formerly of Custer,
County, Dead at Hazard.
Broken Bow, Neb., Oct. 3. Word
has just reached here that I-ewIs
Booknau, an old und respected former
resident of this county, but late ot
Lincoln, was ground to pieces at Hur
urd by falling under the wheels of a
moving freight train. He had been
looking after some property at that
place and was attempting to board a
westbound train when the accident oc
curred. Mr. Booknau owned much
valuable property In Custer county.
Several near relatives reside near
Broken Bow at the present time.
WYMOflE MiN'S CLOSE CALL
A. Jacobs Rolls Under Train, but (a
Pulled From In Front of Wheels.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 1. A. Jncobs, a
butcher from Wymore, narrowly es
caped being killed at the Burlington
sum. on. In attempting to board tho
train he missed his footing and fell
ngalnst the trucks nnd rolled onto tho
i track. The baggageman grubbed him
i and pulled him trom under the coach
brfore Hip bind wheels passed over
! him. He sustained an ugly gash In
' the head and was severely brttlswl,
J but otherwise escaped Injury. He was
put on the train and taken homo.
Thompson Not Resigned.
I L-inroln, Oct. 3. Though Attorney
Genetnl Thompson has been .orn tn
' as solicitor of the treasury depart
ment' at Washington, ho has not yet
severed bis connection with the legal
department of the state. When ho
left Mr. Thompson expected to return
to Lincoln some time In October nnd
wind up some cases in which the stato
Is a party. He probably will not re
sign until after election. This will
obviate the necessity of the appoint
ment of a new attorney general to
serve until January, as the governor
probably will appoint whoever Is elect
ed In November to styve out the unex
plred term. , j
Condition of State. Treasury.
Lincoln, Oct. 1. The report of
State Treasurer Brian for the month
of September shows the receipts of
tho office to have been $230,279.80;
payments, $323,097.93; balance in all
funds, $55(5,140.86. The cash and cash
Items on hand amount to $326,937, tho
remainder being on deposit. The per
manent school fund contained unin
vested only $12,523. The permanent
funds Invested amount to $8,787,340.
Higher Switching Charges.
Lincoln. Oct. 3. The railroads havo
not yet formally notified the stato
railway commission that they will ob
ject to absorbing the increased switch
ing charges which tho stock yards
company has been permitted to make.
The commission gave the companies
until Oct. 17 to appear and object to
the Increase and it Is the general un
derstanding that they will object to
bearing the burden
Signals for Aerial Maneuvers.
Chicago, Oct. 4. Signals for aorial
maneuvers will be planned and ar
raneed for this week by Glenn II. Cur
tis? for the Chicago-New York aero
plane race, which begins Saturday, for
the -$30,000 prize offered by the Chi
cago Evening Post and the New York
Times. - . -v.-.---.- .-
0'DERS ARE DISOBEYED
Six Killed in Second lnterurban Wreck
In Indiana.
Tipton, Ind., Sept- 2G. Disobedience
to orders by the crow of a freight car
is said to have been the cause of thu
second lnterurban traction wreck
within a week lu Indiana. The disas
ter cost the lives of six persons, thu
serious Injury of six more and severe
hurts to a score.
The dead: Walter Hotthouser,
Brooklyn; Dr. It. C. Holthouser, Brook
lyn; Verdel Rnllsback, Hynierla, Ind.;
Joseph Baker, motorman on limited
car, l-ogansport. Ind.; Lewis Broo,
Kokomo, Ind.; B. F. Welsh, Marshall,
Mich.
Among the Injured was Charles
Grace of Fort Des Moines, la., troop
C, United States Infantry, nose cut
and dislocated hip.
A southbound freight car crashed
head-on Into a northbound passenger
car on the Indianapolis and Peru di
vision of the Indiana Union Traction
company shortly after noon, two miles
north of this city. The freight car
was in charge of Motorman Lacy and
Conductor Sebre.
The freight car, it Is said, had or
ders to stop at the first switch north
of Ressler's crossing, but tried to
make the first switch south. A clump
of trees hid the limited and the crew
of the freight had barely time to jump
to save their lives. The front end
of the limited was shattered and all
passengers In the smoking compart
ment were killed.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BOON!
Million Dollar Msrk Is Passed During
Eight Months Ending With August.
Washington, Sept. 20. A boom 1
both directions swept both the imports
and exports of tho country across tho
billion dollar mark during the eight
months ending with August. The Im
ports were $1,033,100,000 and exports
$1,027,400,000, against $947,000,000 and
$989,100,000 respectlely for August
in 1909.
Though the Imports of most or the
manufactured materials Increased,
silk, wool and fibers fell back a little
on account of the exceptionally heavy
Imports of the preceding years. In
exports unmanufactured cotton de
creased by $1,300,000 to $192,500,000
and automobile exports increased
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from 5.io.oo to $6,300,000,
lMmber, leather, manufactures of
Iron and steel, sewing machines, type-
writers, scientific instruments, elec
trical machinery, furniture, also In
creased, while foodstuffs, including
wheat, flour and meats declined.
Dr. Hyde Files Appeal.
Jefferson City, Mo., SepL 24. Attor
neys for Dr. H. Clarke Hvde of Kan
sas City, under life sentence in tho
penitentiary for tho tnurdeKof Colonel
Thomas S. Swope or Kansas City, fl!ei
an appeal in bis case in the supreme,
court. The caso will be docketed f'
'earing -'nrlug the January tera ot
co-irt. which benns .7au. -
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