Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-02-06

not making trade.
Mr.. Frye-Certainly, and every part Of
the countryis part of the whole country;
and the prosperity of one part of the
country is the prosperity of the rest of the
country.
The United States Of America stole
from Maine, in order to prevent war with
Great Britain. that tremendous, that won
derful river, ST. Johns, which has fioated
more lumber than any river east, at any
rate, Of the Mississippi River. twas
given away and taken from US to prevent
war with Great Britain, and today the
lumber floating down that river, If per-
mitted TO come in free, would destroy alb
solu,ely the lumber interests of the State
Of Maine. The Penobscct River at ev.
ery fall has It's saw-mill. with its gangs
of saws; the Kennebec River the same !;
the Androseoggin River the same. Right
beyond is the Saint Johns. You can
hear the click Of the axe on the tree on
the Canadian side which a sturdy arm Is
striking at seventy-fve cents day,
and the axe-man on the Yankee side gets
his dollar and his dollar and quarter a
day.
Nj. Plumb-Wby do they not come
over here:
Mr.. Frye-They do come over here,
thousands and ensof thousands and work
at our wages, and their teams by the hun
dreds cross the border, and YOU have law
expressly made that they may come over
and work their teams in our forests. The
mills have been erected. they employ
thousands and thousands Of men; they
load thousands Of ships 10 carry the for
ests Of Maine 70 the markets Of the world.
Put down this duty and let in Canadian
lumber free, and Maine will suffer more
a hundred times than Michigan. Maine
will suffer more than any other State in
this Union, because Maine is more de-
pendent upon this Industry than either OF
the other great States can possibly be
and no, only the Maine lumbermen viii
suffer but the Maine coasters Will suffer
in their carrying trade, and it viii be but
short time before the whole carrying
trade Of lumber will be diverted from your
Maine ships, from your Maine coasters
into British bottoms, following sui; with
your foreign commerce.
Sir, little duty not over Is or 10 per
cent. ad valorem, the lowest duty IN the
whole schedule Of duties on any manu-
featuring indusiry-,hat little duty pro-
tec,s US. IL is our interest to have 1t PEE
served. Il does not make the lumber IN
Alabama cost cent more, nor IN MlSSOu-
II, nor in Nebraska, nor in Kansas, nor IN
Texas, nor in any Of the central or middle
States Of this Union. The smallest rise
Of a tariff in railroad rates of one hum
dred miles will more than wipe out every
dollar of that duty. But between Maine
and Canada Is a river half mile wide,
and across that the lumber can be
brought, and from the mouth Of the
Saint Johns River the sAip loaded with
lumber can clear for New York and BOs-
ton and the seaport great cities Of the
Atlantic coast, and there possibly It may
to a slight degree affect the price of lum-
Der
viii venture TO say now TIA: in MIN
neso,a, in the southern part OF It, this tar
if does 10, affect the price Of lumber
single dollar.
When you made the Hawaiian treaty
and admitted sugar free it came into san
Francisco free when we were paving %
cents On dollar, 65 per cent. al yalor-
EN-, and Spreckels. the refner, having
control and monopoly OF the business,
makes men on the Pacific coast pay .
cent? and cents more a pound FOR sugar
than we DO in Boston and New York TO-
day. Why Because he is able to make
a treaty with the railroad companies by
which Eastern sugar shall not be trans
ported 10 the western coast as low as
it can be transported in any other di-
rection. Those railroads can control the
lumber business for the distant States
without the slightest difficulty, and say
it is selfish and unkind and ungenerous
in the Senators from States not affected
by the tariff to come here and Try to break
down Is or 10 per cent. duty, the lowest
one in the whole range of duties, simply
for, as the Chinamsn would say, "talkee,
talkee, talkee." That is all there is
about it.