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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
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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.
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Why
twenty families.
not give us a chance at
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to outside institutions
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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.