Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-07-12
The Duty ON Flaxseed.

Chicago luurhNh
Congressman Thomas Wilson isa free
trade Democrat representing ono OF the
Minnesota districts He Is u supporter OF
the Mills bill, rs whole, and believes
copscientiuusly In that sort OF revenue re-
form which FREQ traders generally favor
as an approach toward practical free
trade when It's full objects shall DO nc
compliShed Mr.. W6Fon was present In
the House .hint o, whcn the provision In
the Mills hin relating TO free flax and lax
ptodacts was under consideration, and he
demanded or gave notice that he should
demand, the restoration Of the duty on
nnXsccd ~ 1t stands In the existing law,
lie said one quarter OF all tho tlaxscod
produced IN the country was raised la
Minnesota. and that he WINS opposed 10
DESTROYING u leading industry of the State
by the proposed amendment to the tarin
nbolishing tho protection which II now
enjoys under the law,
When free trade comes home To free
trade member OF Congress and slashos
away nj M industry or mn interest in
which his constituents are largely on.
gagged, an instantaneous change occurs IN
his belief, 50 far AS that part Of the tariff
law Is concerned, In such case man
IL found who il IN favor Of free trade
everywhere except la the district or State
that elected him 10 Congress lie Is snt
isticd that other industries aud interests
shall be destroyed by hostile laws, but
he wants his own industries and Interests
still further cuddlcd nursod and de.
Tended from foreign rivalry. This " the
case with Congressman Wilson With
him the tariff IL cmphatically "a local Is
sue" ms General Hancock, the Democratic
candidate for President IN 1880, declared
IN the discussion Of the question during
that campaign,
The ilaxsecd discussion again calls At
tentiun 10 the fact that the Mills bill IL
grossly partisan aud sectional ~ Its pro.
vision. Rice. u Southern product, IL pro-
iectcd by II tarid of 10 per cent The rice
growers Of South Carolina Mississippi and
louisiana have no competitors nearer
| ihan the antipodes, the rice growers of
the Indies But tho Mills bill framed in
pursuance to conspiracy OF Southern
| congress man, retains the rice
tax, while removing the tax on FAX,
which IL nm exclusively Northern product,
| the Republican State OF Minnesota yield
| ing one fourth OF the entire crop raised
| In the country. BY similar methods, the
Mills bill retains the protection for Louis
| lana sugar, but removes II from ONO
| wool; retains protection on iron, OF which
| the South Is becoming great producer,
and removes II from lumber out In the
Northern Republican States along the
| Canada line; and continues the protection
created by Republican tariff legislation
| for other Southern products, while re-
moving II wherever possible from the pro.
duces of the North, In some cases. as IN
that OF fax seed. the Southern additional
| policy hits Northern Democratic localities
Ms hard as II hits Northern Republican
localities. Then a clnmorcus protest Is
heard from their representatives., like
that OF the Democratic Congressman from
| Minnesota
But il /. difficult to see where help Is to
be procured for Mr. Wilson and other
Northern Democrats the interest Of whose
| constituents are assailcd by tho Mills bill.
II is endorsed by the Democratic National
convention. 10 "kick" against II is party
treason II must be taken whole and
swallowed by MI who desire to escape
political discipline, and are reluctant to
be assailed, as Congressman Randall Is
assailed for feally to principle aud his
| convictions Of public duty.