luiamook neaaiigni, renruary '¿ m , wrz. PAYNE ACT TOO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD Critics of Administration Are Not Informed as to Its Provisions. Someone said that when Roosevelt left the White House and went to Africa to shoot lions, he left a white elephant on the hands of President Taft's administration in the tariff. Someone said Roosevelt then predict ed that the tariff would break the political back of his successor. This is presumably nothing more than fa ble and folk lore. Certain it is however, that the Taft administration has had a whole lot to contend with in carrying out the plat form pledge to revise the existing tariff schedules, The administration has been abused for the Payne Tariff bill and it is safe to say that very few among the many who decried the passage of this bill in its final form, had any knowledge of the bill or its provisions. Other administrations than that of President Taft have had trouble with the tariff; what one has not? President Taft was sharply criti cised for the Winona speech when he declared the Payne Tariff bill was the best ever passed. Critics of the pres ident were quick to use this against the administration, despite the fact that this speech was very hastily pre pared and not given the consideration , ECONOMY IS WATCHWORD • _____ President Taft Has Cut Expenses During His Term. President Taft believes that the business of the American people, which is the United States govern ment, can be run more economically. He expects an economy commission will point out ways to effect a consid erable saving in many of the depart ments. The three years of President Taft's administration has proved that econ omy is quite possible and the presi dent has practised the new policy suc cessfully. Upon taking office, Pres ident Taft warned every cabinet mem ber, as well as the heads of bureaus, that they would be held individually I responsible for cutting the expendi tures under thqir control. On July 1st, 1909, the Taft admin istration faced a deficit of 156,000.000. One year later, this deficit had been changed into a surplus of $14,000,000 and by July 1st, 1911, the surplus had risen to $47,000,000. The normal In crease of Federal expenditures is about 4 per cent, each year. Yet the expenditures, which were $662,000,000 ■luring the fiscal year ending June 30, ’»)09, shrunk within the following year to $654,000,000, an actual decrease in stead of the normal increase. Perhaps the best known economy effected was the wiping out of the annual deficit in the Postal Depart ■nent and another was the elimination if wide-spread frauds in the customs ervice. The scaling down process or the fiscal year of 1911 involved utting tbe estimates made by the de •rtment heads $50,000,000. ACTIVE AGAINST TRUSTS Present Administration Has Waged Constant Warfare. People generally have never given President Taft credit for the remark able activity of his administration against the trusts. Unlike his prede cessor in office, he did not hunt the trusts with brass bands, trumpets and flying banners. He did not advertise to the far corners of the country what he Intended doing before he started in campaigning against the big com binations of capital. But the fact is. that President Taft has done more In fighting the trusts than any other president in the his tory of the country. A number of the biggest monopolies have been dis solved by prosecutions at the direc tion of President Taft, notably the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trusts. During the three years in office there have been instituted under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, thirty-seven prosecutions of illegal combinations of capital. A number of these have already been successful and the peo ple may look for the favorable con clusion of many others. This is a re- oord that throws in the shade the performances of any other president, although it covers but three years. President Roosevelt was quite active in fighting the trusts, yet in his seven years in office, from 1901 to 1908, he caused but forty-four suits to be brought against the trusts. M should' have had before delivery. The president dictated this speech on a train between two stations and it was sent out by the press with corres pondingly little care, and Itjdeed, the papers received it In all kinds of shapes. President Taft admitted that had he had time to consider this speech before Its delivery, as he said he should have done, he would have clarified several passages. He still believes, however, the Payne Act, al though it has its shortcomings, con tains less to be criticised than its predecessors, and it did, as a whole, revise the existing schedules down ward, official tables showing an aver age lowering of rates of 8 per cent. Th* Payne Tariff bill was responsi ble for most of the hostile criticism directed toward President Taft, since he has been in his office and yet, this measure was a substantial gain to the country. It created a Tariff Board and a Court of Customs Appeals. It levied a corporation tax. which pro duces an actual revenue of 127.000.000. and at the same time affords the government access to the books of all corporations. It gave fair treat mentjto the Philippines, and encour ages the importation of art objects for educational purposes, by removing the duty on such objects. President Taft was compelled to work with a hostile bouse and he faced always an aggressive faction in his own party in forming tariff leg’s lation. No one could deny his courage in calling a special session expreosly for tariff legislation to redeem tbe platform pledge No president since Cleveland has sndertaken u> do suck HELP FOR HOMESTEADERS Leniency For Man Trying To Make Home Is Recommended. A radical change in the homestead laws that will be of marked benefit to Rentiers is the plan of President Taft. Leniency for the man who is trying to make a home on idle lands of the state, included in the various reclama tion projects, is what President Taft wants. He intends to modify the Isw so that the settler upon land being re claimed need not take up his resi dence immediately upon Sling, but may wait two years before living on his land. During these two years, however, cultivation must be carried on. Ry the time the settler must com mence living on his land, be can, by reason of this modification of the law. make a living from his farm. This will do away wtih two weary years luring which, under the present law. the homesteader usually finds It ne cessary to live partly on hope. The present provision, under which land is to be paid for in ten annual installments will be so modified as to allow a patent to be issued for the land at the end of flvn years cultlva- bon. and three yean occupation. The homesteaders generally will « ek-ome this change in the law., re lieving them, as it does, from all an forced residence on the undeveloped farm loads during tbe period when It Is hardest to make a living. At the end of live yean the new law will furnish the settler with a title upon which he can borrow with which to continue the Shiplap $13.50 No. Í Kiln Dried Lap Siding $20 Other Prices in Proportion In order to clean up our yard and make room for our great sum mer stock of lumber, during the month of February we will el 1 at greatly reduced prices. We Have no Corner in Lumber of the common kind but we come pretty nearly having one in that of the highest class. It you are seeking lumber that is sound, straight grained, accu rately cut and thoroughly seas oned, the surest way of getting it is to come here. TO PROBE LIVING COST President Taft Wants to Know Cause of High Prices. One subject in which the average householder has a vital Interest is I the high cost of living. Much has been written and spoken about the ever growing expense of the American household, but the blame for the con dition which seems to prevail all over the country has not yet been fixed. President Taft proposes to do this, and one of the most timely subjects he has discussed recently is this same problem. President Taft proposes to appoint a commission, consisting of experts, to carry on an investigation i as to why food prices are steadily , going skyward. The middleman is be ing freely blamed because it seems to cost more each year to live and many believe the charges well founded. < President Taft's proposed commission I would ascertain this fact accurately, j and the causes once learned, it is | thought the problem could be solved. > President Taft himself says of the,: plan: “One legitimate advantage cf such an official investigation and re port. is tbe enlightened and informed public opinion, which of itself, will often induce or compel the reform of unjust conditions or the abatement of unreasonable demands.” COMES OF GOOD STOCK PRESIDENT TAFT GREETING OREGON PEOPLE ON HIS LAST TRIP WEST. LUMBER PRICES SLAUGHTERED President Taft's Family Just Plain People for Generations. President Taft's family hailB orig Inally from Massachusetts, the town of Uxbridge. Tafts are said to be so thick there that even a woman cannot throw a stone without hitting one. The Tafts held a re-union at Ux bridge in 1874 and descendants of the original Robert Taft flocked there from all parts of the country. Alphon- so Taft, the father of the President, delivered an historical address at this re-union in which he made a some what remarkable prophecy, all with out being conscious of It. This is what he said, the account being taken from tbe report of tbe re-union pub lished at the time: “Our family has not embarked much upon national politics, except that they have shared in the battles of the country when National Independence was to be won and also when the Un ion was at stake. But brilliant politi cal careers have not been character istic of the Tafts of the past. It is not safe to say what may be In store for them There is a tide in the af fairs of men and also of families.'' Alphonso Taft himself started the turn of the tide which he then predict ed. His son William, who was later to have a brilliant career as Secretary of War, and still later as President, was that year entering Yala. The Taft ancestor» have been of mighty good stock. Peter Taft (1715) is reported to have been "a large, good looking man with a magnani mous disposition.” Aaron Taft, another ancestor, was also magnanimous, so much so. that he lost money by endorsing a friend*! notes Despite this fact tee la report ed to have been a man of great Intel ligence. as well as Integrity. Going still further back, there was Captain William Taft who captured Blarney Castle in the l(th century Party Rich In Traditions. The Republican party la not only rich in men. but rich In practical and beneficial principles. It is rich, too. In Its record of promises portermed and pledges fulfilled, and so we an tor party and party principles first and acquiesce In the choice of tbe majority, nllying around the standard bearrr, who will carry ss victory.—Hou. We are the only mill hav ing a pay roll in Tillamook City, thereby supporting Why twenty families. not give us a chance at your business beforegoing to outside institutions A. G. Beals Lumber Company DAIRYMEN’ AND S SUPPLIES STEEL STOVES & RANCES We carry a Larj?e Stock of B Hardware, Tinware and China Oils, Paint, Varnish, Doors, Window Sashes, Agents for the Great Western Saw ALEX The Most McNAIR CO Reliable Merchants in Tillamook County Chas. I. Clough, Tillamook. How Cold Affects the Kidney«. Avoid tailing cold if your ktdneve are sensitive. Cold congeals the kidneys, throws too much work upon them, and weakens their action. Serious kidney trouble and even Hright's disease may result Strengthen your kidneys, get rid of the pain and soreness Imild them up by tbe timely use of Foley Kid ney Pills Tonic in action, quick in results.—Chas. I' Clough Co. A Warning Against Wet Peet. Wet and chilled feet usually affect the mnrcons me ml trance of the nose, throat and lungs, and la grippe, bronchitis or pneumonia 1 may result. Watch carefully, par- - ticularlv the children, anti for the : racking stubborn cough give Foley's Honey anti Tur Cnmpoitnd. ft sooths tbe inflamed membranes, and heals the cough quickly. Take no «tabstitute.—Chas. I. Clough Cu. Foley Kidney I’ills will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more.—Chas. I. Clough Co. There is no itetter medicine made for colds than Chamberlain's Cough Nemedy. It acts on nuture'a plan, relieves the lungs, »¿ten» the aeerc lions, aids axpecWxration; and re stores tbe system m a healthy con deulera.