Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-04-13
rHE TAN on LUMBER.

+ in favor Of protection, in which We
find the following declaration:
"That the policyof the democratic
administration, which would place
wool and lumber on the free list and
wooden goods on the highly protect
ed list, constitutes a piece Of
unparalleled political dishonesty,
/ having for it, sole object the success
Of the democratic party
In dealing with the free-trade
question we believe it is the part Of
wisdom to go little slow. There is
no denying the fact that large
share Of the American people feel
the burden of excessive taxation,
and demand revision Of the tariff.
The tax on lumber, for instance, in
crca-c- the cost Of buildings i'm the
city and on the farm, and it j, sub
jcct for inquiry whether the duty
now levied on this staple might not
be- materially reduced.
We adduce the following tcsti-
mony as bearing on the question.
Two weeks or 50 ago the New York
Tribune published AN interview
with Mr. James B. Montgomery, of
Portland which the editor intro
duccd with'thc following biograph-
icul sketch: "His hobby just at
present * the building Of steamships
10 take lumber from his timber land
in Oregon to San Francisco, where
he is able to dispose Of it at a profit
Of 81 thousand In the same
journal we noticed strenuous pro-
test against the Mills tariff hill from
owners on the Pacific coast Of "vcs.
sells engaged in carrying lumber
from the northern ports to ports in
the state of California" who de-
clarcd that If the duty on lumber
should be- taken of, the manu- |
iacturers Of lumber would suffer |
severely and the injury to the YES
sci owners would be fatal I'm am
other column of the Tribune of the
,amcday waspublished the following
dispatch from it, own correspondent
In san Francisco:
"Thc Pine Lumber Pool has Sue
'ccded during the past year in adj
the prices of lumber $l2 10
'l5 per 1000 feet on the ground of ,
ligh shipping rates aud increased
wages. The grounds for the adj
'ancc are trivial, us the wages of the I
ncn are only s. more per month, $
mi the running expenses of the q
cSscls are no greater. The Pool, ,
which has adopted all the methods
4 neWlN-inventcd Trusts, has
imply made the people of California
nay about 81 500, 900 into its pocket.
I controls ships and mills and rcgu- ,
ltrs the prices of pine lumber to
uit itsclfn
We submit that this does not con- Z
jitutr strong case for retaining the |
resent tariff on lumber. Mr.. Mont
omcry is described by the Tribune
rs the Crw,us of that growing y.
ate lOvgon), aud by his own adj "
lissions he Is deriving liberal .
roht tromhi~ numbering operations. y,
he above arrangement of facts
lows how closely connected are the :,
'vclopmrnt of Crw,u,c,, the =,
catiuu ot trusts, the making of -,
utrSts against tariff revision and ,
vcrtl other things. Blind clumor, ~,
would hc well 60 remember, 1, not 7.
ttc-mauship, 1, i~au easy matter -
pas resolutions dcuouuciug this, i-
AT aud the other thing, hut the -
oplv do their own thmking. In A.,
a. resolution of the state rcpuhll- .,
u convention, above quoted. the ~,
mission /, made that "thr major
applaud, and claim 10 carry out
p president, idva that q uuiHuN . cu
whTrN ot the people" mi, ia
uJ"uty," We would su.u,,-t. 3, ma
mt carrie, the election Tbcy ot
l,tIWtc 'thc people, aud am, hi
., able to pronounce ou What l,,.
rt- them Il trust, and Ifptcctri m
cn'~'~ orv correlated, amt sugar th
1T b. crutcd to put SlNp0,ouu OF
% it~ coiitr, at the expense ot the ",
'plc, und This pine lumhcr trust. th
Ne ~p'kcu or iu one Year
hes ei,Nu,osn from the pcopl,ang
v0~t. h would he Wcn tor ear
platform huildvr, Ca lo,l, ''
10 thv- thing, q little. amt d,- "'
mvv th'' Democratic aammistn- N
q h~,, while they glvv mon. m- N''
lgvuI h,,d to the p0l mtcp,-t, uf ~
P0l3', Blaine, m la~ hast pr,--- un
ntNl canvass, i> said tn ha>, lo-t '''
1T Virginia lay hi, high anu V''
vh,- and to have d,naedhi> y"
~c m ohin rhi, Gsrt B., adn,oua ~,
"lhv majority Who applaud an
president, ldcs,. musl h, Won an
cNuV>Sion and tsS dr,vvu AWAY h'N
ahu-s The CAPITAL IurRNNi. a.