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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1909
Page
4
The Tribune reports President Taft has approved the Payne tariff bill. With Congress no longer a hindrance, the administration aims to revive business activity as Taft signals action and support for the measure.
A moral line urges payment of debts as right and just. The message contrasts honor with neglect, warning that delaying payment allows others to outpace you and mislead with false impressions.
Lawmakers hurry back from Washington to push measures aiding economic recovery and agriculture as corn growers anticipate better yields and market stability this season.
The tariff has been revised downward overall but liquors and their ingredients plus a few other import items not bought by the poor or those with moderate means have been raised.
Democratic voters nominated Charles A. Gauss by a plurality of 8 552 over Clark and Kroll. Republican voters backed Samuel Lewis Shank by a majority of 1 262 over W. N. Harding in the mayoral race.
The writer argues the Payne tariff should be judged by its impact on trade and prosperity. If trade slows and hard times follow, the tariff is evil. if trade improves, it is good. Most Republicans in the Senate supported the bill except seven, and time will reveal whether standpatters or progressives were right.
The writer questions whether tariff cuts lower prices for lumber hides boots print paper coal and iron goods arguing no clear price drops yet and asking when reductions will come and what is gained if prices stay high. The piece ties concerns to Dingley Payne bills and asks why farmers supported lowering rates.
President Taft signed the Payne tariff measure and issued a generous endorsement. He said the bill represents a sincere Republican effort to downwardly revise rates, with many real decreases and few increases outside luxuries and certain textiles. He praised the maximum and minimum provisions, the Philippine tariff section, and new administrative and corporate tax measures as necessary for protection, cost clarity, and public data.
A string of local residents visits relatives and travels to Cincinnati Cincinnati to attend funerals and spend time with family. Hamburg and Memphis connections appear, with several residents returning home after week long stays and others planning trips to Rome City and Oxford for vacations and events.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ripley County Indiana appointed E D Frecher as administrator of the estate of August Frecher, deceased, indicating the estate is solvent. Tau, Administrator. MF Bohlen, Attorney.
Nicholas Volz auditor certifies the Ripley County August 1909 session allowances. Names include Billman supt on pike, Delay, Walton, Rubby, Eckert, Johnson, Young, Sciwier, Ostood Lumber Co, Conway, Decker, Carter, Stoner, Downey, Wagner, Cox, Buchihan, Collens, Shook, Robbins, Holman, Hyatt, Folsom, Pinkston, Brown, Ebner, Less, Meyers, Krause, Bruce, Dobsonson, Oelrich, Hoyer, Wright, Hille, Calvert, Rogers, Stubblebine, and others with road and pike work, printing, and post mortem items noted. The list concludes with payment totals and county official attestations.
Township and school district levies proposed by the Admi n township board for 1910 with detailed expenditures and tax rates. The notice sets a September 1906 meeting at School district No 7 to approve township, local, road, and poor expenditures and taxes. It lists totals and valuations including personal property and railroad lines.
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