Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 212, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 22, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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TWO
THE DAILY BULLETIN
TUESDAY JUNE 22
I THE WRITING Oi THE WAUL
May not impress you as much as our effort to make an impression
on your mind of how important
In Course of Construction.
The Daily Bulletin
STATES PEDfTLN'G CO. Props.
WILL H. 3CAYES Hauling Editor.
C. A. TU7iELL City Editor.
H. F. MATES Bmslsess Manager.
E. C. SEITZ Dally Circulator.
W. B. DHL A Foreman Meclu Dept.
Entered at the Brownwood FostofSce
as Secoad Class Kail Matter.
TUESDAY JU5E 22. 1909.
MISAPPLYING FACTS.
Since the 25-cent duty has been
placed on iron ore or rather since the
senate voted to place it the price of
wire and wire products has advanced
10 cents per hundred weight. The
manufacturers are getting quick re-
urns from the aid received from the
Democratic senators who voted with
Aldrich and the common people are
footing the bills. Brownwod Bulletin.
If there has been an advance in the
price of steel products lately it has not
ton thp r;iilt nf the 2S-opnt dutv nn
iron ore. In the first place the new j Purchaser by the trusts with sena-
rate has not gone Into effect and InjtorIal aid- The man who uses 1.001
.the next place the new rate is a RE-Punds of ballnE wlre 5s forced by the1
DUCTION of the present rate which is senate under this advance made pos-
50 cents per ton. If reducing the sible b-v its vote' to Pa' 51.00 extra
tariff on iron ores raises the price of 'tribute to the steel trust and every
steel products what would happen if'taan who uses a nued Pounds of
it were placed on the free list? Either .
the Bulletin is in error In crediting a
recent fluctuation In prices to tariff
discussion or It is wrong in contending
for no tariff on Iron ore. t
And while Ihe question is up we
would like to propound a query to the
.Bulletin: How much would be added
to the price of a plow weighing ten
pounds to pay the tariff of 25 cents
per ton on ore bearing in mind that
plows are protected by a prohibitive
tariff rate? And now just one more:
If the Bulletin desired to relieve the
fanner of tariff burdens would it de-
vote Its energies first to the removal
of the prohibitive duty on Iron and
steel products or the small revenue
duty on Iron ore? Fort Worth Re-
cord. The advance on wire and wire pro-
ducts is. due idirectly to the action of
the senate as can be shown to any one
; who. studies the methods of the trusts.
"The fact that the new rate has not yet
cone into effect cuts no figure. It has
been agreed upon by the senate with
the aid of eighteen Democratic sena
tors and that is enough to assure the
trust that the senate Is willing to
stand by it rather than by the people.
Although the rate of 25 cents be a re-
duction from the former rate. It Is
not such a reduction as the steel trust
.had reason to expect. With the Demo-
cratic party pledged to free iron ore
and a number of Republican senators
like Nelson and others known to favor
free iron ore the steel trust had rea--son
to fear that Iron ore would be
placed on the free list but finding that
it could control eighteen Democratic
senators on a 25-cent tariff the trust's
troubles were at an end. Of course
the trust would have preferred the 50-
cent tariff but that it was satisfied
with the 25 cents is shown in the Ira-
mediate advance referred to following
the action of the senate. The trust
knows that without the aid of these
eighteen Democratic senators who
are led by Senator Bailey the Iron ore
which it controls would not have had
any protection at all in the tariff
schedule and knowing that the 25-cent
tariff can now be maintained for
years the trust has hastened to profit
by the Increase referred to. This in-
i. your disposal and you can use it to whatever extent you wish. To
be of ervice to our depositors is our main reason for being in the business.
2VI y We Not Soco.re "Votar Business.
THE BROWNWOOD NATION AL. BANK.
We Issue Time Certificates of I ej3osit.
crease would doubtless have been
made long ago but for the Democratic
agitation against a tariff on iron ore
and the consequent fear on the part
of the steel trust that such an advance
bearing so heavily on the common
people would have enabled the Demo
crats to make good their promise of
free iron ore.
The Bulletin's contention as to the
cause of the advance is entirely rea
sonable and quite -apparent to those
acquainted with the agitation against
a protective' tariff on iron ore.
Now as to the query regarding the
probable advanced cost of a plow un
der the present tariff schedule. It is
by making the advanced price so light '
upon small articles that the trusts
have been able to get enormous profits.
Even had the ten cents a hundred
j pounds advance referred to been made
upon all steel products the increase
in the price of on? ten-pound plow
would be light but upon the plow!
weighing 500 pounds it would amount
t0 aD extra fift? cents wrongfully ex-
a aj r a i i a. - a t
. iracieu irom me pocei oi me piow
vu"J"iUU "a" lu luc "uot tt UIUiC
that he has heretofore been able to
Answering the last question pro-
pounded by the Record the Bulletin
would begin its tariff reform where it
would be possible to accomplish some-
thing and not where H would know
that its efforts could avail nothing
The Democratic party stood pledged
by platform to the removal of the
tariff on iron ore; it had the support
of a number of Republican senators
in the northwest who knew something
of the Iniquitous methods of the steel
trust and with this aid something
tangible could probably have been a-
complished had Democrats stood by
the platform. There is no good sense
in ignoring- the small reforms pos-
sible of achievement because greater
thirfgs cannot be done and esieclall
is there no good sense In doing as
Bailey did. voting to afford the sr--l
trust this additional-tariff protection
because he couldn't put the trust mag-
nates in stripes as he pretends to !e
anxious' to do. the Bulletin would
favor- both free iron ore and such a
reduction of the duty on iron and steel
products as would put the trust out of
business but because it cannot do the
latter and greater thing it certainly
would not give the trust the additional
benefit of the tariff on the Iron ore it
controls.
Competition is getting so strong
among the towns out on the Texas-
Pacific since the announcement "that
the Santa Fe is going to cross the
Texas-Pacific road west of Abilene
that a meeting of the "Commercial Club
federation out there doesn't appear
like the lovefeast it once was thought
to be.
The Sabinal Sentinel man has been
"hitting Jt hard"' lately. He went over
to Uvalde a neighboring town to
solicit subscriptions but found that he
not only "could not make It go" but
lost . some of the subscribers he al-
ready had there. He aidbn his re-
turn home that the people there said
they were too poor to pay for their
home papers and be bad no argument
to offset that
Bankin
Are to you. If you let
We digress here to remark that for
purely selfish reasons we welcomed
the declaration for free wood pulp
and print paper but it will hardly be
disputed even by the newspaper craft
that free trade in these commodities
would have brought relief to publish-
ers only. - We know newspapers that
need the relief and of course all
newspapers would have welcomed it
but when the last word has been said
the fact remains that the reduction of
the tariff on newspaper supplies is a
reduction for a class and not for the
masses of the people. Fort Worth
Record.
The above extract is from an edl-
I torial in the Fort Worth Record fol
lowing Senator Bailey's vote with the
j Republican party against the declared
policy of the Democratic party as
stated in the Denver platform Bailey
being the only Democratic senator
FIRE LOSSES
HEAVY.
The fire losses in our agency will
amount to more than $20000 within
the last 90 days. All of which has
been promptly adjusted and paid.
SUGGESTION Insure- ulth com-
panies that make fair adjustments and
prompt settlements.
&
LAND Ai
whn vntort ntrnlnat nn nmomlmunt tr I
Ku.
. . uated Income tax. The Bulletin did
remove the tariff from wood pulp and ' are so busy gathering the news that magnates would
white print paper. It. is really a de- we have little time to devote to airing h ntf cauge tQ complaln of the in-
tense of Bailey's bolt and an attempt our .individual opinions as that is con)e tax so iong: as congress gave
to show that the removal of the tariff what editorials are. We had much them a protective tariff with which
a-rtitii iovn zoo inicttinn"7f mfhpr Hvp iwn pnhimns of our valu- to collect the tax from the people.
V l Vi llt 1 v. 4 VlitPiJ lbjiaiUhlUil V
benefit only to publishers. It is class
legislation but legislation against all
of that class in this country who read
oi mat ciass in tnis country wno reaa
newspapers and books. The tariff on
wood pulp and white print paper Is a'
direct tax upon Intelligence. Whatever !
tax affects the newspapers must in
turn affect the people for their prices
are proportioned to what they pay for
the products they use and of necessity
must be. The newspapers are by "no
means all who use these products.
They enter Into every book that Is
printed and every one who reads a
us handle your account our service is then at
book even to the smallest child in the
schools must contribute a part of the
purchase price to the paper trust. The
vote to retain the tariff on wood pulp
u uie paper b mereiy a oie to
get that much more -money out of the
pockets of the people to enrich the
paper trust.
THAT SEEMS TO BE TRUE.
Business is real business and when
you come to Austin you generally find
a lineup that is the real thing and
that too without mistake. Austin
Statesman.
From all late reports prize fighting
is real business in Austin and the
line-up at one of these business events
is the real thing.
BETTER KEEP IT UP.
-You will have to excuse our editorial
department which is the main feature
BELL
INSURANCE.
with Rrt manv nf our exchances. We
O "
able space to a write-up of some Civic
T i. ini.
- wu7""w.-"
provement than a space-killer unwind-
-
!nS our Waterbury on a .subject that
W only Interest us. When pert!-
nent we sha11 .nave a'say editorially on j
but in the mean time watch our col-
umns for news of the development of
this wonderful country. Plalnvlew
News
The Bulletin would advise the News
to cut down its write up'of the Civic
League to a column and put in. the
e
column of editorial matter. The paper
that is a mere purveyor of local hap-
itenings has but little standing in a
community. The editorial column is
the heart of a paper and largely de-
I termlnes Its influence.
SAN ANGELO BACK-STOPS.
Some one stole a preacher's type-
writer at McKinney a day or two ago
and a thief recently got away with a
preacher's bicycle in Brownwood while
he was preaching. Evidently the
thieves are determined that the
preachers are not entitled to such
luxuries. Brownwood Bulletin.
Heinous offenses verily.but there may
be mitigating circumstances.Mayhap
those purloiners of clerical goods and
chattels had heard those preachers
proclaim from the pulpit that their
treasures were laid up In heaven and
from this declaration they had drawn
the conculuslon that if that were true
these parsons had no business with
i
such perishable articles as typewriters
and bicycles lying around loose. A
great many fine legal points are sus-
ceptible of development in cases like
these. Standard.
Brownwood Bulletin: It now ap-
pears to be all right for a Democrat
to repudiate the party platform or any
part of it that he did not prepare and
vote for. If he. wrote a plank sub -
Jmitted it made a Bpeech for it and
voted for it it would probably be
j wrong to fall to live up to it; other-
wl6e he Is at perfect liberty to do as
be pleases and still claim to be a
party Democrat
Oor any part of Jt that he did pre-
pare! One conspicuous Democrat so-
called has seen fit to impeach about
all the platforms of this party except
!one that he helped to write and one
( that was composed by "the fathers"
' away back in the middle ages of the
American Government If his theory
is correct then the Democratic party
ls the Independentest party that ever
unfurled Its banner to the breeze.
Dallas News.
The Brownwood Bulletin argues that
the enactment of an income tax would
mean higher prices on the goods pro-
duced by protected monopolists arid
that the consumers would pay the in-
come tax. While there are some in-
comes of which this is not true the
fact remains that In most instances
it is correct. But there was never a
system of taxation that did not rest
On the producers of all wealth the
common people.What Is the Bulletin's
remedy? We would like to know of a
scheme of taxation .that would be Just
and would like to be enlightened.
What is the Bulletin's scheme of tax-
ation? Balllnger Ledger.
The Bulletin has made no such argu-
ment and Is not opposed to a grad-
The Bulletin favors an income tax a
tarm lor revenue v"J uu """''
tured products and free raw material
lureu
h t t QV!n the output 0l
ne
raw maten .
This Is a vain world. A Catholic
church In New York Is going to raise
$200000 by arranging ioo gas jew on
the sides of the altar; and allowing
parties who pay $1000 each to have
their names Inscribed on the lamps
'the church agreeing to keep the lamps
burning forever. People are simply
Capital and
Surplus
$200000.00
falling over each other to get their
names on these lamps. Brownwood
J Bulletin.
i ine writer saw a lomo in xne
rrt. .. 1 1 . . x
waiierf ppmAtprv nf MptI nn tnwn fn
which for a period of over one hundred
I
years taper3 had burned continuously.
Tne old sexton explained that when a.
ver wicked Don immensely rich came
to die he willed his vast estates to the-
church on condition that the priests
offered prayers once a day for the re-
pose of his soul and that they keep
a taper or candle burning inside his?
tomb day and night for all time to
come. If at any time these priests
or their successors for any cause
omitted the prayers or through neglect
or carelessness allowed the candle
or taper to become extinguished all
the property mentioned In the bequest
should revert to the State. Later un-
der the National Sequestration Act In
which the church property was con-
fiscated by the National Congress it
is presumed the Don's lights went out
and according to the belief of the
simple minded Mexicans of that day
the devil got him at last Standard.
The man or boy who has to resort
to "cuss-words" and vile dirty Iang-.
uage to express himself shows thereby
j his woeful defiiclency In brains. Men
of brains who do such things are rare
.Indeed. Brownwood Bulletin.
Washlngton said: "A gentleman
will not swear." But Washington
never undertook to hitch up a slxyoke
team of wild Texas steers each one of
which showed a disposition to "kick
hook and bite" him every time he
came within ten feet nor did he ever
pie the forms just as they were ready
to be put on the press. Men of brains
sometimes swear but there are dif-
ferent qualities of brains Horatio.
Standard.
Say get your mind on the fact that
Brownwood needs your help in Its
great undertakings. Do not let your
feelings get in the way of boosting the
town. Brownwood Bulletin.
San Angelo always extends the
helping hand to those in dire need and !
when she secures the State Normal
she Is going to throw open the doors
of that institution and give every am
bitious Brownwood lad and lassie a
I chance to go to school. The great
j sympathetic soul of San Angelo goes
out to those who are compelled by
force of circumstances to live in i -Brownwood
and she is ever ready to
help. Standard.
If Galveston doesn't catch and pun-
ish some of its bold robbers it will
soon have a reputation as bad as that
of Fort Worth and that would be hard
on Galveston. Brownwood Bulletin.
Why ring In Fort Worth? Have your
read what Dr. Rankin said about Sanr
Antonio? And he said It before a
Tamaleville audience. Standard.
The man who once 'lives in Brown-
wood seldom is contented to live .any-
where else. Almost every day brings
news of some returning wanderer.
Brownwood Bulletin.
The wandering Bedoin returns totf
the billowy of his native desert.
Standard.
Austin Is a city of which we are. one .
and all proud and there is good reason
why we should be. Austin Statesman.
Does that have any referere to soy
prize fighting proclivities? Brown-
wood Bulletin.
. Or your close proximity" to Sni
Angelo? Standard. N4
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Mayes, Will H. Daily Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 212, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 22, 1909, newspaper, June 22, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth345573/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.