The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-26
Congressman mlliken's Letter.

. 8 >
49,, -, t.a,.,
inc i"i'2Hlu- utter Wa I''''se' iioii
Hon. seth l.. Millken, and read in the
Convention at Watersillc by l. /. Wal
go, ~
.-., M,
" Ai-ii ~ - - - pm --'.'
H>H l.. L. brHcH- tb411"'" ~ Hf ~
,uf1'eab Hi>'r9t fastp,fiee. for m,
~ J,-,5s.tot u55.,=
I'itH Nit.-Ia rsf.t 10 Your recent
sad letter Suggesting the Pfepfitik 81
HN ae.uz present. a.. addressing our
District Convention - ~ h'ii at Nat"F
He GA t. twenty Hi instant. hi''
10 >aS thai II wound he great pressure i'
me {" do u You aet s@a. ! Iul! aFFiee'-
ale TIE Hsht 81 tIe VOTERS 10 hdft All
opportunity To 4''A upon ana a,fea L"
tac man "h"ih lAs3 AaNe h'hHisA ny
choosing Inn /" represent iAeiit ana
kn"" The NaIue To l"h- FRESHMAN o..
Htt'ih- pei>"h i-,f H. c'H'l'lutii1 ~ anu
hearing diIst'IE TON iHhi1' 'Hea 'tt" :
upon questions alits nag themselves al. -.
Vie country. i l. Co fanny @o"l |" g,
out pi the atmosphere 81 me 'al''l"'
and ieei tie unbiased and uhlaihlea sen
iimeht oil lie country. mere basiit-,
Where the ELECTS oi s92d OF 0ad ie@i>Ia
i3h ar feli.
Bnt Just now .eei Il /" nc my aa'f 10
remain a. my post lhere are peuaihG
before the House, and he'h@ discussed
measures whlch are important 10 the poo
pie -. the nation ana eHPecia.N inc pe"Pi'
vi Name a. haNeefef' Pefht'N Hue- III
me bAiaiiee 81 success OF nvi'at'
ne river ana haioof eil IS no" 9eiof'
/ 'iie House. mere i III H. heil''e'
some ehaH thai Nhpuia De ".Hh' eu ou'
81 II ana ihfre are sum- -"o1 "hea'
mat should DC inserted ~ way OF auithd'
meht' Here MI hiliihch mentions
o-u"oo iof preah water al bar Hal Dor
ana st2,ooo Tor Improvements on me
henhebee river between Au-uHla ana
batn.I
bul OF lar more lihloi lance = lie MN
taflf biA now uhaef discussion III 'H'
House. mere Is haiuif ah INDUSTRY IL
Name which IL VIII hot destroy or haril
II IL had been sentence pronounced
against the people Oh our N'alc Tor some
great crime ilcy hai commute e".''
nave hardlY pech peltef lorihuia'eu iol
lhal purpose OF neeh iil'Ie SeN ere
~ Puts Oh tile Tree ~ an" ~ ips q"
tlreY OF protection lhe er'"t Iuiiioe,
INDUSTRY OF MAINE ~ M rs loIins VI
i'liuiaclure' ~ WIN ieaNe tle Ia,il'ei H.,
aIonS our poI"ei W oltI o'inpe''''"i
WIN 'helr Nalau'aih my npois "hei'
lection on their cattle and sheen. Il cent.
prr bushel on their potatoes, from 10 t,
30 per cent. on their vegetables of al
kinds and two cents per pound on their
potato starch. 1t would destroy tn,
wood pulu industry on which one sixth
of all in lie nited States is in Maine.
Ii would strike deadly blow TO our
great stone industry. 81 valuable to oul
State and more than - per cent of the
product of which i, for labor. The
wool growers of Maine are shown no
mercy in the Mills bill. They are also
consigned TO the free list. When we
know the fact that the small reduction in
the duty upon wool in lss3 was followed
by reduction of our American hoek> to
the number of six millions of sheep. no
one need fail to >ea that to take the en-
tire duty of from 10 to y cents per
pound from wool will end wool growing
~ this country. except perhaps for
while in Texas and the territories where
land and labor are cheap. This industry
which includes seven Thousand sheep
owners. who employ five thousand men.
the Mills bill proposes TO transfer from
orr own people to South America and
Australia. II also attacks our most i'm
portaut manufactures.
And what does it promise Us in return
for all this nothing that is tangible or
valuable, Sugar an article of prime
necessity, and the largest food charge in
every family Is lelt to be protected by