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THE COLVUBIAN, IMooiusUrj;, Pa.
THURSDAY, JULY 22, K(9
A Tarifl Object Lesson.
Here is a little protective tariff
object lesson. An American steel
concern has just booked an order
for 50,000 tons of rails for South
America. The price is not given
out, but we know that if the rails
were for United States delivery the
figure would be $28 per ton at the
mill.
But South America buys in the
open market, and buys where it
can buy cheapest. All the steel
riil manufacturers in the world are
mpetitors for its trade. In seek
er this order the American steel
ncern had to compete with those
: Germany, Great Britain and
Jgium. That the United States
jn.ern get the contract is evidence
thut it underbid the foreign con
cerns the "pauper labor" manu
facturers of the old world. And
the fact that it could underbid all
competitors of all nations, is evi
dence irrefutable that steel rails
can be manufactured in the United
States cheaper than in any other
country on the g'obe. This being
the fact it is self-evident that the
United States steel manufacturers
need no protection.
But they are protected. A high
tariff wall keeps out all foreign
competition in this country, to the
end that enormous and unjust prof
its are levied upon American con
sumers of steel products. The
Taft-Aldrich tariff continues the
prohibitive duties which McKinley
provided and which Dingley re
newed. And not a nickle of those profits
goes into the pockets of the work
ingmen, in whose interests the tar
iff is supposed to be levied. As far
back as 1890 the secretary of the
Illinois Steel company, in a public
address in Chicago, declared that
American rails were produced at a
less cost in labor than it was possi
ble to produce rails anywhere else,
this being due to the higher effi
ciency of American workingmen.
The tariff robbery has not benefit
ed the American steel worker an
iota. It has made the bloated for
tunes of the Carnegies, the Schwabs,
the Coreys and the Fricks, but it
hasn't added a single luxury to
the living ot the men who, by the
sweat of their brow, made possible
the immense profits of their em
ployers. What is said of steel is true of
practically every other tariff-protected
article. It would be diffi
cult to find one solitary instance in
which a high tariff has made high
er wages for the workers in the
protected industries. On the other
hand it has made for them higher
costs lor an tne necessities of life.
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Anything of merit here?
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oes not Color the l3air
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Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron T. Low,
H. V. Mower.
Frank Ikeler.
It has made it increasingly diffi
cult for the workingmen to provide
decently for his family, to say
nothing of laying by a competence
for his old age.
As a protector of labor and pro
moter of prosperity the high tariff
is the most gigantic fraud ever
foisted upon a credulous people.
With the increased burdens the
masses must i.ear under the latest
tariff outrage, there is hope that
they may at last awake to the full
realization of the fact that the tar
ifl is a tax ard a tax so unfairly
Adjusted that the heaviest fcurden
fails upon the least able to pay.
Indorsed by the G. 0. P.
And it cometh to pass that the
Democratic platform is perforce in
dorsed, and Democratic policies ap
propriated, by Republicans. Ev
ery Democrat in the house of rep
resentatives and every Republican
but 14 voted for the resolution to
submit an income tax constitution
al amendment to the states, thus
following out a demand of the
Democratic national platform ot
last year.
The Denver platform contained
this plank:
"We favor an income tax as part
of our revenue system, and we urge
the submission of a constitutional
amendment specially authorizing
congress to levy and collect tax
upon individual and corporate in
comes, to the end tbat wealth may
bear its proportionate share of the
burdens of the federal government."
The Republican platform was si
lent on this important question
The most amusing point of the
matter, however, is that in the
campaign following the national
conventions a year ago, Republicau
orators, including scores of the
very men who have now voted for
the income tax amendment, vigo
rously attacked the Democratic in
come tax plank.
Now that the country is con
fronted with the necessity for emer
gency taxation, they turn about,
and in so doing tacitly admit that
the Democratic platform was right
and the Democratic demand for an
income tax just.
By their vote on this matter the
Republicans in congress have made
admission that efficient government
demands the application of Demo
cratic principles and policies.
Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this office. Half tones supplied.
Offered Bribe to Judge.
John S. Eckert. a Drosoective
buyer of the McCloud house at
Keatine Summit, and a retired
lumberman of St. Mary's, knows
what it means to be struck in the
face by a iudicial fist, and that it
does not pay to try to bribe the ju
diciary, nckert had arranged for
the transferring of a liquor license,
ana judge jonn Urmerod of Cou
dersport told him if he ran his
place right there would be no more
irouDie. At this point Eckert
pulled out a roll of bills and told
the judge to put it in his pocket.
Insulted, Judge Ormerod threw
the money into Eckert's face and
gave him several punches on his
physiognomy. The act took place
on the street in the presence of
witnesses.
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WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington,!). C, July 19, 1909
The tariff contiuues to be the
chief topic of interest in Washing
ton and every one is waiting almoiit
with bated oreath for some clear
indication of the course of the con
ferrees. Tr.e situation is unusual
ly complicated because of the in
jection of two unknown factors in
the equation. One is the "down
ward revision" influence of Presi
dent Taft. The other is the "stand
pat" influence of Speaker Cannou.
"Close friends" of the President
are authority for the statement that
the outcome of the conference will
be "a Taft bill", embodying the
reductions of the House bill, those
of the Senate bill and a few more
injected by the President himself
for good measure. Other "close
friends" of the President are au
thority for the assertion that he is
worried over the situation, that his
best efforts are not producing the
tesults he expected and that it will
be imposs ble for him to accom
plish sufficient improvement to
make it possible for him to sign the
the bill without considerable com
punction. There is no doubt the
President is doing all in his power
to induce the conferrees of the two
houses to accept the lowest rates in
every instance but it is probably
equally certain that thus far in
sufficient progress has been made
to enable anyone to determine what
the outcome will be.
There are some serious obstacles
to the end which the President
seeks. The House conference com
mittee, made up by Speaker Can
non to serve his own ends and to
counteract the progressive tenden
cies of Chairman Payne, is a strong
ly "stand Pat" aggregaticn and
with the exception of Mr. Payne the
few who are disposed to reduce the
duties are so beholden to the Speak
er that they will place his will be
fore their convictions. This means,
of course, that to accomplish such
the President must convert the
Speaker and, as Mr. Cannon is so
fond of saying, "It is hard to teach
an old dog new tricks". The
President is especially anxious for
free hides, free iron ore, free coal
and free petroleum. Taking the
last first, the very make-up ot
the committee is against free pe
troleum, entirely apart-from the
wishes of the Speaker. For the
House theie are representatives
Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Cal-
derhead of Kansas, both advocates
of a tariff on petroleum, while the
Senate is represented in part by
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania
another ardent advocate of a duty
on oil and the man whose deter
mined fight in the Senate led to the
imposition in the eleventh hour of
the countervailing duty carried in
the Senate bill. Added to this is
the position of Speaker Cannon who
has never forgiven the House for
placing petroleum on the free list a
gainst his wishes, who has a num
ber of independent oil producers in
his own district who want a duty
on oil, and who is determined that
whatever else the conferees may do,
the duty on oil shall not be stricken
out, shall be increased if possible.
Representative Dalzell and Sen
ator Penrose will also stand out to
the last ditch for a duty on coal.
The indications are that the rate
may be reduced to 50 cents a ton,
or 40 cents, but beyond that thare
is little prospect that the conferrees
will go, despite the earnest eutrea
ties of the President. Of course
the Pennsylvania men will hold out
for the duty on iron ore. Mr. Dal
zell was never known to vote a
gainst anything advocated by the
Steel Trust, nor is Senator Penrose
likely to. Senator Burrows, in
whose state are located the largest
ore beds, will stand with the
Pennsylvanians and altogether the
prospect of free iron ore in not
brilliant.
The Senate conferees are not par
ticularly interested in placing a
duty on hides but Mr. Calderhead
is. In fact it is generally supposed
that his advocacy of this duty wa3
a large iactor in his being placed
on the committee. And finally,
Speaker Cannon is bound by a bar
gain he is supposed to have made
with former Representative Lit
tauer, the great glove manufactur
er of Gloversville, N. Y., to stand
pat for the house duty on gloves.
Not only did Mr. Littauer come to
Chicago during the Republican con
vention and conduct the campaign
which resulted in James S. Sher
man, the Speaker's candidate, be
lng named for Vice President, but
when, last spring, a number of in
dependent Republicans allied them
selves with the Democrats in an
effort to reform the House rules
and curtail the Speaker's power,
Mr. Littauer came at once to Wash-
I ington and couducted the fight
which prevented the disastrous de
feat of Mr. Cannon. Out of his
work for the Speaker grew tlie
rate imposed by tne House on
women's gloves. It was the most
unpopular feature of the House
bill and the Senate promptly re
jected it. But the Speaker is de
termined to icecp his word to Lit
tauer and every House conferree
who is beholden to Mr. Cannon
will have to insist on the higher
duties imposed by their body.
How President Taft can snatch
victory from this situation it is dif
ficult to foresee.
Where Will Extravagance Cease?
The tariff is enacted with cynical
indifference to the necessities of the
people on the excuse that income
must be provided to meet the gov
ernment expenses, and all sorts of
extravagant schemes are embarked
upon to make the exaction of the
tariff excusable.
No scheme involving immense
national expenditure i too extrav
agant for politicians; the irrigation
of western land; the drainage of
southern territories; the canaliza
tion of rivers upon which but little
traffic floats; public buildings ior
little towns and villages that might
suit cities; the multiplication of
bureaus and employes for meddling
with enterprise and industry, and
hundreds of other unnecessary and
useless ventures are called for; and
the man who finally pays all the
bills, the man with the dinner pail,
appears to be as dumb as he is neg
ligible.
When will this riot of extrava
gance cease? There must be a time
close at hand when the back of the
American camel will refuse any
additional load, and habits of thrift
and economy appear to be hard to
learn. It is about time the plain,
workaday American woke up; his
rulers are closing the markets of
the world to him; the party in
power and its industrial parasites
are eating him up at home; our
national resources are being wasted,
and it will not be long before the
richest land in the world will be
destroyed by the folly and extrava
gance of its government and the
dumbness and stupidity of its
workers. Let us wake up and read
the riot act to our rulers. Govern
ment as administered by the Re
publican party and aided and abet
ted by a degenerate Democratic
party is as wasteful and baneful a3
a Fourth of July celebration; and
its elements seem to be about the
same-noise, folly, extravagance,
horn-tooting and utter disregard
for the rights, comfort and wishes
of the nation. Boston Iraveler,
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Munson a Candidate.
Williamiport Lawyer Will Enter the Supreme
Judge Contest.
Formal announcement has been
made of the candidacy of C. La
Rue Munson, of Williamsport, for
the Democratic nomination for jus
tice of the Supreme Court- This
announcement is made in a letter
to the Harrisburg Patriot by Edgar
Munson, a son of the candidate and
a member of the law firm of Candor
& Munson. The Patriot is owned
by ex-Mayor Vance C. MtCormick,
who has been mentioned as a prob
able Democratic candidate for au
ditor general, and has been a sup
porter of Munson for the nomina
tion for weeks. Edgar Munson's
letter is in reply to a request for a
formal decision. He writes in the
absence of his father, who is in
Europe, and says: "I am author
ized to say to you that he is a can
didate, and you can therefore defi
nitely announce the fact if you so
desire." C La Rue Munson will
land in America about August 1st.
Cold Harbor monument.
The date for the dedication of the
monument in the national cemetery
at Cold Harbor, to all Pennsylva
nia soldiers who fought in the bat
tle of Cold Harbor June 1st to 3rd,
1863, has been changed fitotn Sep
tember 15th to October 20th. The
State will provide free transporta
tion for all Pennsylvania veterans.
Full information can be obtained
by writing to Josiah Hissoug,
Point, Bedford county, Pa.
Chestnut Tree Blight
Two varieties of blight that.are
affecting the trees of the forests
have been reported, and efforts have
been made to discover some means
of checking the disease. The chest
nut tree blight is the most wide
spread, having killed thousands of
trees in the eastern part of the state
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