MORNING- ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912
CLAPTRAP BY
UNDERWOOD
Tariff Duties Not Paid by Users
of American Goods.
HiSACDHSSSHuOBE REHQ
Workers Will Recognize Hla Distortion
of Figures and Facts and Will Not
Be-Beguiled by It Shows How
Hard Pushed the Democrats Are
For an Argument.
It Is .to be hoped that every Ameri
can worker In the various industries
protected by the tariff will read the
address of Mr. Underwood, Democrat
ic leader in the house of representa
tives, in which he sets forth as taxa
tion the tariff duties on articles in
ordinary use. There is nothing novel
in the Underwood distortion of" tariff
figures and facts. It is as threadbare
as free trade, as threadbare as the
American workingman would soon be
If he should allow himself to be beguil
ed by Underwood and other votaries
of the late Confederate constitution
into the surrender of Republican pro
tection. It is true, as Underwood says, that
the tariff taxes he describes are im
posed on articles such as he describes
woolen clothing, shoes, the tin pail,
window pane, carpet, etc., but he is
wholly and deliberately wrong and
misleading when he says that the du
ties in question are imposed on or ad
ded to the cost of these articles, as
used in the ordinary American family.
The tariff" tax is imposed on goods
manufactured abroad and imported for
sale in competition with goods made in
America by Amerloan workers earning
American wages.
The man or woman who ia satisfied
with the product of American labor
and nine-tenths of the American people
are so satisfied has no tariff tax to
pay, and this Is shown by the fact that
the American article, with its manu
facture fostered by protection, is often
cheaper in price than the imported
would be without paying tariff duties.
The tariff duties prevent excessive
imports, which would flood the mar
kets, as imported goods flooded the
market under the tariff reductions '
made by the Democratic Wilson bill of
1894, reducing not only the tariff, but
reducing also the demand for Ameri
can goods and for American labor to
make American goods.
Mr. Underwood's statement is cheap
claptrap. We had supposed that style
of talk too muddy and cobwebbed for
further exercise, and the fact that it is
again dragged out of the discard proves
how hard pushed the free trade Dem
ocracy is for something to bolster its
waning cause.
High Scores Will
: Under the New
ma
NOTHEIt experimental season of
football is at hand, and grid
iron coaches are now in a
quandary about how the re
vision of rules Is going to adapt itself
in actual combat Tin? one thing that
the new rules, which were- published
recently, aim to do, most of all. Is to
strengthen the game's attack and en
courage more scoring. In trying to
accomplish this purpose the rules
have been changed so that the defense
has been opened up, and a decided
advantage has been given to the of
tensive team.
Football men who have tried to an
ticipate the results of the new rules
believe that this season will see many
high scores. The number of downs
for gaining the required ten yards
has been increased from three to four.
This is sure to promote the rushing
game which spectators have missed
in the new game. With four chances
to gain a distance, the season is apt
Be In Evidence
Football Rules
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FAIRNESS TOWARD NEGROES
Taft's Attorney General Stands for the
"Square Deal."
Attorney General Wlckersham re
flects the broad American spirit of
himself and his chief. President Taft,
in his splendid flght against the
dropping from membership in the
American Bar association of his able
colored assistant, William H. Lewis,
It is needless to say that every sup
porter of Woodrow Wilson and every
sympathizer with Theodore Roosevelt
In his refusal to recognize the citizen
ship of the southern negro, is opposed
to Mr. Wlckersham in his battle for
equal rights and fair treatment for
colored Americans.
The action of the executive commit
tee of the Bar association In revok
ing the election of three colored mem
bers, gentlemen of spotless profession
al standing and excellent personal
character, by their local committees,
was outrageously, cruelly unjust and
ought to be . repudiated by every
reputable lawyer in the United States.
It was a concession to that southern
Democratic prejudice which seeks to
crush the spirit of manly aspiration
in the negro's breast and to tolerate
him only as a laborer on the planta
tions andfor the households where his
ancestors were slaves. It amounts to
an attempt to nullify the constitution
of the United States, as amended after
the rebellion, by men whose sacred
obligation and welcome duty it should
be to support that instrument In their
every act as lawyers and as citizens.
, n their resolute backing of Assist
ant Attorney General Lewis against
the assaults of rank Bourbonlsm and
racial prejudice, President Taft and
his attorney general have the god
speed of every American who believes
in the principles for which Lincoln
died, and who is determined that the
sacrifices which the nation offered up
on the altar of freedom and equal
rights for all shall not have been made
in vain.
The Wilson Fall Frost.
- The free trade Evening Post publish
es a lot of figures to show what would
happen if all the states voted the same
as Vermont in November.
A two-and-three-makes-flve school
boy could tell the free trade Evening
Post that if all the states should vote
in November the same way Vermont
has voted Taft would have the whole
electoral college.
It came early, but it came with
bite to it the Wilson fall frost. Bryan
and Parker were both elected in Au
gust and buried under a snowstorm of
ballots In November, and Wilson is
hurrying to the same snow file.
Photo by American Press Association.
CAPTAIN WENDELL OF HARVARD, WHO IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE GREAT NAMES FOR
HIMSELF THIS S BASON.
to see many plunging back field men.
as under the old game. Although
the rushing game is being encour
aged by this change, the old push and
pull and objectionable formations will
not mar this feature. of the sport.
Another change which will promote
scoring is the elimination of the twen
ty yard zone, which has heretofore
limited the flight of the forward pass
Within the twenty yards a team could
build up a defense which made an at
tempt at a forward pass a dangerous
play. For this reason the possibili
ties of the forward pass have never
been fully developed by football
coaches because of the slim chance of
getting it through a defense which was
concentrated within twenty yards of
the scrimmage line.
Under the new rules the forward
pass may be thrown for any distance,
and it will be Interesting to watch
what a tricky and versatile team like
the Carlisle Indians will develop with
a play of such wide possibilities. So.
with the widening out of the defense
and additional power jgiveh to the
rushing game, It is very likely that
the football crowds during the com
ing season will see enough scoring to
make up for all the no score ties of
the last few years.
It Is easy to perceive that the game
should be more attractive. Under the
system of the big teams of last sea
son a team would try to rush the ball
once, and If they failed to gain the
second play would be a punt. If a
team approached the other's goal line
and had but one down left sometimes
a forward pass was attempted as a
last resort, but the attempt was seldom
successful because of the compact de
fense which could be built np within
the twenty yard zone.
Under the latest revision a plung
ing halfback may smash into the
line four times to gain his distance.
This is the feature of the old game
that the football public wants to see
back again. After all. there was no
more thrilling play on the gridiron
than to see the sturdy, stock halfback
take the ball and dive through the
opening which his guard or tackle had
made for him.
It means additional work for the
ends, because with four chances at
rushing the old end plays are likely to
come back into favor. One thing
seems to be quite certain this sea
son's games will not be a punting duel
between a couple of accomplished
kickers, with two lines of well drilled
men pushing against each other with
no chance whatever to ever rush the
ball. The football doctors have tried
to make the game as much like the
old game used to be as possible with-
o
Many Star Athletes to Quit.
Ralph Craig has announced that he
Is through with athletics and Tol
Berna of Cornell university says he
has-run his last race; Bobby Karr.
one of Canada's greatest sprinters. Is
through on the cinder path, and
George Goulding. the world's champion
walker .says he will quit this fall.
THE NEXT STEP.
Where the next footstep in the
dunWbf life shall be set is settled
not by the choice of softest ground
or greenest grass to walk upon, but
by the direction in whkh lies the
life's recognized and beckoning
goal. Phillips Brooks.
Six Day Bike Race In Toronto.
Toronto is to have a six day bicycle-
race week of Oct 21. It will be the
first of the Jsind ever held in Canada.
out any of the objectionable rough and
dangerous tactics.
A change which would make the for
ward pass a valuable scoring play pro
vides for a ten yard zone behind the
goal lines for the forward pass. Here
tofore a forward pass over the goal
line was illegal, while now It can be
tossed anywhere over the line for a
distance not more than ten yards be
hind the goal line. This extra ten
yard zone behind the lines has necessi
tated a change in the length of the
gridiron. Heretofore the field has al
ways been 110 yards long. The actual
playing field has been reduced to 100
yards, while the additional ten yards
behind the lines make the field in
reality 120 yards long.
The onside kick has been eliminated
from the game, and no one regrets
this change, because that play never
lent itself to many possibilities. The
play was one which only a skilled
kicker could execute with any degree
of safety. The place of the klckoff has
also been changed, the ball going into
play now from the forty yard line, or
rather sixty yards from the opposing
goal line This change was made so
that after the kick the ball will go
into play nearer the middle of the field.
Often when the ball was kicked off
from midfield it went Into play close
to a team's own goal .line, which put it
to a disadvantage. After a touchback
a new rule provides that the ball will
go into play on the twenty yard line
instead of the twenty-five yard line.
Another new rule gives the team
which loses the toss at the beginning
of the game the same advantage at
the beginning of the second half.
There will be no delay between the
periods, the time between the first
and second and the third and fourth
periods having been cut down to one
minute
The rushing, scoring game is further
encouraged by the increase of the
value of a touchdown from 4 to 6
points. A touchdown and goal will
now count 7 points. - This change was
done so that a team making a touch
down and goal would have an advan
tage in the final score over a team
which has only a star drop kicker
who can. boot the ball over the cross
bar from anywhere inside the forty
yard line. A touchdown is equal now
to the value of two field goals.
Another change in the rules which
will be appreciated by spectators is
the rule which allows but one coach on
the side lines. Last season saw sev
eral instances of coaches hurrying up
and down the side lines distracting
the attention of players and spectators.
Now only one coach will be allowed
on the side lines.
There will be no more fluke drop
kicks such as the one by which Prince
ton defeated Dartmouth last season
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Photo by American Press Association.
CAPTAIN TED PENDLETON OF PRINCETON.
WHO SHOULD SHINE UNDER NEW RULES.
by a score of 3 to 0. This attempt
at field goal was a miserable failure,
the ball rolling some distance along
the ground. As it approached the goiil
post the ball struck on its end and
bounded over the posts. Referee Bill
Langford allowed the goal, although
it was not covered by the rules. The
rules now cover such a situation,
however, and the ball must be booted
over the crossbar fairly.
Although- it is not actually known
how the new rules will work out, the
changes this season are more radical
than in many years and are of such a
nature that the defense Is somewhat
weakened and the attack strengthened.
The sweeping changes, many football
coaches predict, will result in an open
rushing game, with plenty of chances
for scoring either by runs or clever
manipulation of the unrestricted for
ward pass. -
- Saier Strengthened the Cubs.
The reason why the Cubs kept up in
the race this year, and one that hasn't
to do with Archer, Zimmerman.
Tinker or Evers, is the marked im
provement of Victor Saier as a first
baseman and his strong batting.
To Play For Three Cushion Title.
The first championship three cushion
billiard match ever played In San
Francisco will be witnessed Sept. 25
to 27, when John G. Horgan defends
his title against Joe Carney.
UNIVERSAL KINDNESS.
If you want something for cool
weather reading that, is worth while,
get a recent book; "A Vagabond's
Journey Around the World." ' .
It Is the story of the author, who
traveled around the globe on foot and
penniless, mingling with the prain peo
ple of every clime and country and
living in their homes.
Often he suffered the pangs of hunger
-and he encouutered perils by land and
sea.
However
Always and everywhere, he met
with human kindness.
Wherever he traveled, in the lands
of the Eskimo as in the jungles of
Africa, in. Chlpa as in Australia,
whether the people he met were white
or black or yellow, always they dis
played the spirit of human brother
hood, i
On board a steamer where he worked
with the coolies, he found a bunkie
the first night who was as good as a
brother and who shared all that he
had. . ..
In Burma an Englishman forced a
handful of coins upon him. saying,
"Take it, old chap. I know you do
not want charity, but people were very
kind to me when I was on my uppers."
The world over, hearts were soft
The half naked woman whose home
was of leaves and who had a troop of
children to be fed set ' out the best
food she could afford. She knew noth
ing except the man was a stranger
who was hungry.
None were so poor in spirit that they
were heartless.
The author found one special friend
lounging on the beach at Suez, where
Is dumped the offseouring of the
world. The man was a real tramp and
together they went several thousand
miles. Absolutely honest and faithfnl.
the hobo stood every test, showed
manly fiber and was a loval comrade.
Well- ' -
Is it not worth while to travel around
the globe to make such a discovery? '
Is it not worth while to know that,
yon need only add the letter "e" to the
word human to m;ike it rend humane?
Humanity Is kind.
And that makes life tolerable.
Said Robert Louis Stevenson In his
letter to. Edmund Gosse: "It is the
history of our kindness that alone
makes the world tolerable. If It were
not for that, for the effect of kind
words, kind looks, kind letters, multi
plying, spreading, making one happy
through another, and bringing forth
benefits, some thirty, some fifty, some
a thousand fold. I should be tempted to
think our Hfe a practical Jest"
What It Would Cost. .
Master Something will have to be
done about your behavior last term,
t shall have to call and consult your
father. Pupil It'll cost you six and
eightpence. My pa's a solicitor. Lon
don Opinion.
Logical.
ghe I think we should be able to
live nicely on $3,000 a year. He But
my salary is only $2,000. She I know
It dear, but my clothes come to $1,000
a year, and I have enough now to last
for the first twelve mouths.
- DAILY DUTIES.
The duties of each day are these:
Speak better words, do nobler acts,
be more godly and always truthful
arid kind.
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It is true we have done great
things, but it is equally hue that we
have no right to rest upon them.
Oiir past is glorious, but our future
ought to be more so. And that
nobler future is to give to every
citizen of the United States liberty,
of speech and action. Wealth and
prosperity are noble, but human
liberty is magnificent Thomas B.
Reed.
A Careful Patient.
A woman whose throat had troubled
her for a long time, says a writer In
the Philadelphia Ledger, grew impa
tient at the slow progress she was
making and made complaint to her
doctor, who said:
"Madam, I can never cure you of
this throat trouble unless you stop
talking and give your throat a com
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"But, doctor," objected the patient,
fl'm very careful what I say. I never
use harsh language or anything of that
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