REPUBLICAN MEWS ITEM
CHARLES L. WINS, Editor.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon j
By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
At the County Beat of Sullivan County.
LAPOHTE, PA.
\V c. MASON, Pi-esiden.
TIUIS. .1. INGHAM, Set y 4 Treas.
Entered at th<- Post t Mice at I.aporte, &s
second-clan mail matter.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Supreme Court Justice.
.loll.N I'. EI,KIN, of Indiana County.
For Presidential Electors.
Electors at Large—Robert Pitcairn.
Allegheny; l.eviti. McCallev, Chester.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For President Judge.
HON. K. M. DUNHAM, of Laporte.
For Member of Assembly.
Dli. M. E. HEIiEMANN,
For Sheriff.
FRANK W. RUCK.
FARMING INTERESTS.
DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF FREE
TRADE WITH CANADA.
V. iiy New England Ascrlcultarliits
Would I'rotent Axulnat Competition
With tlie Product* o( Cheaper Land
and ( bt'aiier Labor.
A great deal is heard from those
who advocate reciprocal trade rela
tions with Canada of the slight disad
vantage which it is said would follow
the admission of natural products into
Now England. It Is felt that since the
industries of New England have
changed somewhat in character in the
process of time, so that no longer. In
Massachusetts at least, is farming the
thief business, the Introduction of such
articles of domestic production as
would naturally be sent to these mar
kets for disposal by Canadians would
be in no way detrimental to our com
mercial welfare and prosperity.
Aside from the viciousness of a pol
icy which abandons one section of the
country in its effort to build up an
other, let us see If it is a fact, as
claimed, that the farming interests of
New England can be antagonized with
impunity.
First of all It should be remembered
that farming is easily the largest sin
gle industry in the country. It enlists
$20,000,000,000 of capital, embraces
one-tliird of all the industrial workers,
and its followers constitute the great
er bulk of the middle class of the com
munity. In short, financially as well
i;s politically, the farmers hold the bal
ance of power.
As the general conditions of the coun
try have improved, as educational fa
cilities have become more easily avail
able in the rural districts, the equip
ment for industrial efforts improved
and Letter means of communication es
tablished, a healthy reaction has come
to pass in favor of agricultural pur
suits of all kititls. Scientific investiga
tion and research have also tended to
place farming upon a more solid basis,
anil it is being more eagerly approach
ed from a business standpoint than at
any previous time in the history of the
country. In spite of all this there are
ill thousands of acres of unreclaimed
la ml only waiting the touch of the
plowshare to spring into fertility, and
there are still other thousands of acres
which have been neglected for the fac
tory and the mill.
So it would seem that, taken alto
gether, the industry of farming is not
one to be lightly ignored or neglected.
But it is not the purpose of this paper
to urge a broader or national treat
ment of the question of reciprocity
with Canada. It will be sufficient if
we have called attention to the im
portance of this industry, both singly
and in relation to many others, all of
which contribute alike to the welfare
of the country.
We would like, however, to show that
farming is today by no means a negli
gible factor in the commercial life of
New England. It Is true that the shop
aid the factory have received the
greatest impetus from the general
prosperity which has set ill since the
United States adopted the policy of
protecting its own. Throughout New
England can be seen on every hand
evidences of the gradual shift of indus
try from the field to the workshop, but
statistics will happily show the re
claiming of the soil in these states In
the same gradual way which, us v. e
have already noted, has become eo: :
moil in the history of the country at
la rge.
Moreover, as is easily proved by a
comparison of the figures taken fror.i
reports concerning New England and
scute other corresponding territory in
the west, say the state of Michigan
or lowa, we find 'that New England,
with a total land area of ti'J.UIHJ square
miles against 57.000 for Michigan at: !
05.tH.i0 for lowa, has still nearly 20'.-
oiit) farms to 203,000 for Michigan an l
2_9,<J00 for lowa. On these farm.!,
which are worth approximately $040,-
000,000 in Massachusetts, $090,000,000
ir: Michigan and .$1,835,000,000 in lowa,
2!>,000 persons are employed in Massa
chusetts, 312,000 in Michigan and 372,-
000 in lowa.
Are not these figures interesting
against the assurances we have been
receiving that farming in New England
is an antedated industryV Anil to
strengthen the claim that is rightly
made by those who have the best In
terests of New England at heart that
she is not yet in a position to establish
an open door for the natural products
of any other country we shall find, if
we delve a little further into statis
tics, that the value produced per acre
on these same New England farms is
S2O against .sl2 per acre for Michi
gan and sl2 for lowa.
A:< UNENDING FIGHT
TARIFF NOT A SETTLED QUESTION |
IN THIS COUNTRY.
Enemle* of Protection Manic Their '
by DeinuudliiK Loner Duties •
and Adoption of u S>*ten» of Reci
procity In Competitive Products.
Is the tariff a settled question in the j
United States? Alfred Moseiy, tii.; ]
English student of industrial, economic |
mid social conditions, after several vis
its devoted to careful observation, an
swers the question in tlie affirmative. •
While it is very natural that such a
view should be held by the foreigue.-
who notes and comprehends the tre
mendous results of protection as ex
hibited in the material progress achiev
ed in this country, while the permanent
retention of a tiscal system productive
of these magnificent achievements
should be considered a matter of
course, we think Mr. Mosely has reach
ed a mistaken conclusion when he ex
presses the conviction that the protec
tive tariff is so generally accepted by
the people of the United States that it
Is here to stay by unanimous consent.
Far from it. The tariff was never
more fiercely antagonized in all our
history than it is at this moment. A
great political party, polling more than
three-sevenths of all the votes cast at
the last two presidential elections, re
mains the inveterate enemy of protec
tion. True, the doctrine of absolute
free trade Is not preached as widely
or as openly as in former times. Prop
er regard for political expediency has
prompted a modification of the radical
demands for the abolition of all custom
houses. But the hatred of protection
as a principle and a policy is as ram
pant now In the Democratic party as it
ever was. This year's Democratic
national platform will declare hostility
to protection by calling for heavy tariff
reductions and for the entering of the
free trade wedge in the shape of trea
ties with any and all nations providing
for reciprocity in competitive products.
It is a foregone conclusion that such
will be the attitude of the Democratic
party in the campaign of 1904.
In addition to the regular Democrat
ic party organization, our friends of
the Tariff Ileform club are preparing
for their regular quadrennial assault
upon the bulwarks of protection. Wit
ness the following circular soliciting
funds for the free trade propaganda:
New York. March 14. 1904.
Dear Sir—ln the approaching presiden
tial campaign the Democratic party wilt
undoubtedly advocate a radical revision of
the existing customs tariff, especially in
respect to those commodities which tend
to create trusts and enable them to mo
nopolize the domestic market.
The tariff committee desires to take an
active part In the work of the campaign
so far as It proceeds on tariff lines. In
addition to continuing the work which
this committee has efficiently done here
tofore—viz, supplying large numbers of
newspapers throughout the country with
tariff reform matter In general, including
opposition to the proposed ship subsidy
legislation—the committee especially de
sires to undertake a careful investigation
of the prices at which many heavily pro
tec-ted subjects of domestic manufacture
are sold In foreign countries.
Protected from foreign competition by
the enormous tariff upon imported com
petitive goods, our industrial monopolies
maintain excessive prices in the home
market, while they sell their products in
foreign countries for any price that will
dispose of their merchandise. The injus
tice of this to the American consumer Is
not that the foreigner gets American com
modities at low prices, but that these
prices are made at the expense of the
American consumer, who Is severely taxed
to recoup the American manufacturer for
ids losses or diminished profits on foreign
sales.
If enabled to make this Investigation the
committee will prepare and publish com
parisons of the prices which American
consumers are compelled to pay in many
lines of domestic commodities entering
largely Into consumption with the prices
at which the same commodities are sold
In foreign countries by our protected do
mestic manufacturers.
The committee proposes also to make a
speciul investigation and exposure of the
great harshness and injustice attending
the administration of the customs revenue
laws.
The tariff reform committee Is probably
better fitted than any other similar or
ganization to do this and other contem
plated work, but its success necessarily
depends very largely on the amount of
funds which those Interested in tariff re
form are willing to contribute to the
cause. To do effective work the commit
tee needs several thousand dollars.
Cheques may be drawn to the order of
the chairman of the tariff reform commit
tee and addressed to him at the Reform
•Sub, 2 East Thirty-fifth street.
TARIFF REFORM COMMITTEE.
Wallace McFnrlane, Chairman
The plan of campaign is a big one
and involves the expenditure of a
large sum of money. "Cheques"—note
Worthy Mirster Ilorton of the Michi
gan state grange has withdrawn from
the legislative committee on account
of his prospective candidacy for gov
error.
™ Won't Help l'nrUer.
Some of the Parker boomers have dis
covered that the judge wrote part of
the New York state Democratic plat
form In 1883. That platform indorsed
the Cleveland administration, then in
uttlce over a year, and its tariff reform
policy. This discovery is not likely to
help the Judge or his boom among those
who recall what happened when the
Democratic plan of tariff reform wna
I put into effect.—Troy Times.
A ("linnee For Dill.
! The populists are going to hold a na
tional convention. If they will only
! wait until alter the Democrats have
met at St. Louis, perhaps Mr. \V. J. H.
, will return to bis tirst love.—Tacoma
Ledger.
Fad a.
'Twas once the fad
Of Hearst to boast,
"My circulation
Ib the most."
I But now he brags
And loudly prates
About his bunch
Of delegates.
—Cleveland Leader
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!rtie(ireatestDomesticand LinenSarfjctinseverftnownj
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ordirnarv sale briefly told these :«re ■ bargains here'for >. u 10 day We oiler to you bargains in ! :»ncr?v*- r r ''n
ghams Bates SeehuckerS Fancy Prints Tonelmgs etc. Nov*'is the time to come and buy because thev .ire ina-keij
below cost. Linen and Pique bkiits are belling tor jnst hah. \ splendid oppertunity for you. J
REMNANTS AND MILLINERY.
Remnants of gingham selling at 7 cts offered to von; were '
_ . i, . „ 4 i i I Havoa fine line of Trunks, Suit C ases and ! elesco pes. jusi m>w a;.i. fc
Bargains in Remnants are almost given away to you as they are mark F
~ , " . . . . . »;|' vo.i intend to take a vocation and in need of tliem now is a, good itmei
ed regardless of cost or anything else. Millinery, great-cut given you in- , . I
, . w . • • XI -i'-" x 11 „,vo select, as we have a very fine assortment of them. ( arpets. Lineolni: J
Millinery and now is agood time for you to buy as.it is cut legardlesao,3 ■
112 r , !•« , . . , lUugs. Oilcloth and etc. Have a very nice assortment and ki.ou \v<
cost and real bargains, for y.oir It makes no'difference on what jot •
choose as the*price has been cut. I ' 1 " P ,as< >""•
Cail your attention to the groceries as we handle the b" c -t that can be bought for the money and it will p.]) yoi.
to come in and see foryo lrsjli what we are offering you in groceries. Complete linesin Dry goods, Shoes, Milliner/*,
Umbrellas, Cuitains, CroCKt-ry and eic.
John D. Reeser's Big Store> Bank block
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WRITE FOR PRICES
Cict the Habit"
of sending to us or better still o! coming to our store unci
buy > our supplies.
(I)e 3ell E,ver^tf)iiig.
You can't ask us for anything we don't keep or know
where to get QUICK.
The Price is Right.
The Goods Right.
We don't have a large store, but always tilled with good
bright, clean Merchandise—Not old stock.
1 hat's why we are always busy. We are car load
buyers and car load sellers.
Try us, you will come again as others do.
A. P. WIELAND-CO.
General Merchants, PROP G R R\ST°MILL TEAM
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Carpets, Carpets,
We have the largest line of Carpets shown in Suili
van County; at any price you want, any color, any
patern, any grade, at any price, in any quantity you want
Aattings Aattings
Some of the greatest bargains in Mattings you ever
saw shown in this or any other town. All grades and all
prices.
Don't forget that we also carry the largest stock of
FURNITURE in this section of country.
ttolcombecfLfKkT,
Furniture 6" Undertaking
DUSHORE, PA.
TELEPHONE.
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CAPITAL STOCK,
SSO 000 BODINE, President
a WILLIAM WODDROP, Vice Pres.
W. C. FBONTZ, Cashier.
SURPLUS AND
NET PROFITS,
DIRECTORS:
$50,000
~ ~ ' DeWitt Bodine, C. Wm. Woddrop, Poter Reeder,
Transacts a General '
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Accounts ol lndivid-
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