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H LEONA ituTOWN. MF.BHH KKANcjs V. KIND, Editor.

HHntKi.AV Moa.Ni.vi, July U, 1912.

IFOR PRESIDENT;

oodrow Wilsonof New Jersey

¦ FOR VICB-PRKSIDKNT:H'homas R. Marshall

of Indiana¦ FOR CONGRESS:H FRAHK 0. SMITH,of Calvert County, Maryland

¦ WASHINGTON LETTER¦ Washington. D. C„ July IS 1912¦ The United Slate.- Hun t,ats.r|Br which Dr. Charles P, Neill i.. theHoof, has delivered wb:f probably

rack, in yoars to come, as ill ¦|Heverobt of the inagy indictmentsSHgainst the high tariff policy ’ ThisIjHidicliaent is in the form of a report,SBust issu d, on the conditions in the¦Hvooleti mill Industry at Lawrei.ee,

out of which grow the strike¦f last winter.

The woolen trust is one of if not|H,he greatest beneficiary of the highHLrill. For years and jears aget-ts¦f this trust have appeared before¦commiUeos of * Congress with the¦ plea, that a high tariff on wool *bs¦ reeded to “protect American work¦ men," and to “maintain the Amori-¦ can standard of living.” In the¦faefc cHheao pretensions, a id in the¦ face of the fact that the tariff rales¦on wool were raised to the outside¦ limits desired by the trust, Com-¦ miisionor Ne'll’s report shows that¦ wages are so low in the wixilen in-¦ dustry that women atid children arcI forced into the mills to keep families¦ from starving.¦ “Of the cmyloyes in the milts.”¦ says Mr. Neill, "only about had aro¦ adult males. The average wagesI for all, countingrfull tune work, are¦ hardly fit a week, aid one-fourth of¦ the employes get less than J" a weekI This is for full time work, and it isI only for a part of the year that the¦ employes are worked full time.¦ “Many heads of families can earnI only $5 a work, and where there are¦ children the wife often is forced toI farm them the day and go to

work herselfdb or theI family alive.”

This .furnished the firulthe exposure the Detn >

lcriin # Confcuss have been making¦ of the high Uvß#! fraud upon labor¦ His an lmp"ial report, and the¦ /nerscanm t v .V r Ne¦ isus "irresponsible agitator.” which¦ epithet they applied to a;I the nows¦ paper writers and observers who¦.vet to Lawrence to investigate¦\xisdiiions.

V few davs before tlh.. .< p >rt was¦ Ued the Republicans met i, conInTention in Chicago, and solemnly re-> newod their allegiance to the high; tariff program. They wrote into

their platform the same old jokeabout "protecting'American labor”

; and "the American standard of wagesand living.”

Every owner of the great woolen3 mills in New England is a multik millionaire, and oneof these owners\is rated at over a hundred millioniHvtitititw,Wood, the president of the

f trust, tos’tiled it court .u i, h i| lost all track of the number of i ntof mobiles he owned.The Neill report cinches the Dem[ cratic contention that the high tariff

rates now prevailing aro a shamanda fraud of the worst sort.

C. H. Taven.nku.

THE BURNING QUESTION I

To the Beacon.

There is no doubt about it—theboom for the high licei.se law uq asure step toward removing many of

LTflie dve-barrel low license bars inthe county and thus reducing temptation and the excossosof drinking—Ibis boom launched at the puclicmeeting lust week has spread to allparts of the county. Our very bestmen who were indfferent before arenow lining up for it Sinei the ratewas raised from $lB to s3(l, and lutter to $75, there has been improvement; but it has been slow. Of re-cent year it has bean very slow. Insome sections matters have becomeworse, especially since a certainclass have taken up the traffic.Therefore it looks as if a raise luS2OO should reduce by 3d percentthose places that manage to surviveon the poor man’s bard earned nickols. And it will do so, unless St.Mary’s County is altogether differ-ent from a hundred other placeswhere high license was tried andwas eminently successful. Thosewho say it willnotsucceed in reduc-ing theabuses bavenot a single solidreason for their assertion. If It is

mo. going to help the cause of temperenoe, why are the liquor peoplefrom Baltimore and elsewhere mak-ing such an active but secretto defeat it?

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That’s the most power-ful argument'in its favor.

In cities York the cheapdive, helped by police protection,has been the cause of untold vice,crime, and demoralization. In aplace like St. Mary’s County, thecheap low license saloon, aided bythe indifference if not worse of many

of our public officers, is to blame formoro than ha'f of the poverty, dissi-pation and degeneracy that one mootswith, alasl too often in thisother wisehappy and blessed portion of theSouthland. We are firm believers inthe purityand integri'yof ourpeoploof St. Mary’s County. Divorce andsocialism cannot thrive on this hal-lowed soil. But we do not cherishthe vain illusion that wo are goodenough, or as good as we ought tobe, while winking at the excessesin the whisky traffic that we comeupon wherever we go, excesses andabuses which wo would be blind ifwe did not see closer to home, surg-ing up to our very doors. Let ussave our boys and young men, evenif it be too late to savetheinveteratevictim. Cut down the occassion oftemptation by high license,-1200now, and mure later if need be.

We have very few habitual drunk-ards today compared with the num-ber 25 years ago But count if youcan the men, white and colored, whoare not indeed wholly drunk halfthe time, but half drunk all thetime! At least they are habituallyunfit for good steady work, unfit tokeep a family half fedorhalf clothed,grouchy and ugly at home, though"jolly good fellows” in the saloon.

We hear on all sides the shallowobjection that this law is unjust be-cause it discriminates against thepoor saloonkeeper and favor* therich one. It is one of those spe-cious objections that looks good,but let us see. The high licenselaw has a very good end or purposeIn view. Yet if it were to attainthat end by any direct or intentionalinjustice to any man or class of menit would be an unjust law. Now,what it aims at directly, as its express end and object, is to promotetemperance, to save the poor manfrom the vice of drink and his fam-ily from that vice. The means takento attain that end is by raising thetax or the license on the sale of theabused article, to reduce the saleand reduce the occasion of lemptation. The Government has put ex-actly simi'ar restrictions on the saleof dynamite, gunpowder, and cer-tain deadly poisons, because theyare dangerous, and the community.must bo carefully protected againsttheir common and indiscriminatesale.

Indirectly the law alfocts thepoorer dealer more than the richer.If he Is innocent and lawa biding,ha is in the some class as the inno-cent women and children who per-ish when our gudbouts shell andburn the citv of an enemy. Wedon't intend to inflict a wrong oninnocent babes —it simply can't bohelped. So ibis law does not in-tend to wrong the poor and unoffending saloonkeeper, if he suffers,it cannot be helped The law is in-directly uituttl at the whole class ofdealers in intoxicants, because mostof them abuse their privilege, sellto minors and drunken men in vio-

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Rbt AdiertlsemeDts.

Notice of AstrayA KKI) BUFFALO COW, found

trespassing on one of the enclosuresof my farm, known its Green Holly,on the Patuxent, near Millstone Land-ing, Hth district, The owner can havesaid set ray liy fulfilling the legal req a De-ments. L. 1)1 1(018,JyDMt California, Md.

Astray.Black mare, IIS bandit high, 'faff

bobbed thin spring, partly grown out.Last een at St. John’s Church, lastweek. Take up ami notify

J. D HI HUY.jy!B-2t Hinny, Mo

\For Sale.On llurraKi * Point,, opposite Is-on-

ardtown, Md., about one and one-half acres, w-ipr'siii'ajl house on H. front-ing on tJlSnay. I’idee, SBOO CASH.ApplysfoO. 11. K., P. U Box L.JkimkvUrt% N. J \HfH-2m

Strayed from about fourweeks ago a dark /hay male Vdt; long,bushy tail, and art old cut on tar shoul-der. Finder will please notify leu isHawkins, St. Inioo’h. Mo., and receivereward. jyls-tf

f or Rent.Lab* Stoukiioi’sk ano Pustokvicb

at Kico Gate, 8n Dutihct.This is iv good stand, and a line op-

port unity lor the right man.Terms reasonable.

Apply to—

JOHN WILKINSON,ju!y4-2uios Uku Gatk, Mn

Wanted.A good man, with some experience,

to work in lunchroom at HotelSt. Mary's.Must remain sober—at leastduring work-ing hours. Apply to J. R. Duxs, Mngr

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Notice to Delinquent TaxpayersAll taxes in arrear for years of 1910

and 1911 must he paid at once; other-wise they will he collected according tolaw,

WM. F. E. LONG,jeOtl County Treasurer.

S T O PI!!Alift YOU GOING

TO THK MIO

Dinger, Supper \DanceAt CHAPTICO HALL

For the llonont of

Christ 1\ K. ChurchTuesday, July 30, 1912 7

or course 1 AM going, awl Ket the liestcooking amt hare a good time. Anythingyou want good to eat served promptly from11.30 A-M . (HI cents. Dancing B.,Ju Icos. NewStringed Band. Je'AMGulylg

Teachers’ ExaminationThe Animal examination* of appli.

cants for Teachers’ Certificates will heheld In the public school building, Loon-ardtown, on

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY.July 2.Hrd and 24th, 1912.

The examination for colored appli-cants will he held on

WEDNESDAY, July 24th.

Applicants are requested to notify theSuperintendent by July 20th, instant.

The . . amination will commence at 9o’clock, st. m.

By order,GEO. \V. JOY', Superintendent.

Jy 4—31.

WANTED!FIFTY CRAB PICK EPS. women and

children, experience not necessary.Any one willing, can learn. Highestcash price paid for blacklierrics at thefactory of the Compton Packing Co.,Compton, Md. 2,000 buckets wanted.

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NOT 1 C EOf

Special ElectionIN

St. Mary’s ComityBy virtue of authority conferred upon

the Supervisors of Election of St. Mary’sCounty, under an Act of the GeneralAssembly of Maryland, pas-ed at thesession of 1912 entitled An actto enable the i|iia!itfr the sale of-piritous,fermented, or intoxicating liquors or al-coholic flitters in said county

NOTICEis hereby given to the qualified voters ofBt. Mary’s County that a

SPECIAL ELECTION.to be conducted In Accordance with thelaw governing general elections in thisState, will lie held in the several elet tion ;districts of said St. Mary's County,Maryland, on

Saturday, the ltd day of August, jIDI2,

at the usual places of voting in the sev-eral election districts of said county, towit-

First district at St. InigosSecond district Valley IceThird district, Ist prer tit 'otu.nitow ii

2d prec’nt..lsionardtownFourth district ''hapticoFifth district ... Mc< lift'd'sviße iSixth district Good HopeSeventh district Mdesl.'wnEighth district rboesvilleNinth district \ Urns Store

—for the purpose ~f i|rti 1, 1 1 ¦ i.g by >1lot w hether or not a "High L> v-i* I sshall be charged lor the saJ*- of splrltoiisfermented, or intoxicating liquors or aieohotie bitter* in St, Mary V ( unty

Polls open H o’clock u. in andriose G o clock p. in.

For the information of voters It ideemed vri|s to publish Iwu*-s itl. A. ¦wetions of said law appertaiuiu to Sol-ing. its follows:

"Mkctiol 1. Be it enacted by the Gen- ;eral Assembly of Maryland fitat th<question, w hetlier or not a higher license fee to sell spirituous. h -r • ialcoholic liquors or bitter* in Saint Mary's f'ouuty shall l suFu. tl*i t. t!