The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-03-18

PORTLAND. Oregon, March 10. lSr
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Editor Cambria Freeman:
SIR:-To-day | received the FREEMAN
of March 4th and noticed in its local col
umus that at date of issue YOU had fifteen
inches of snow and good Slcighing. The
contrasts 50 striking to what We are hav-
ing here in the weather line that | cannot
refrain from noting the fact. Garden
making ha> been in progress since the nil
die of last month and many vegetables are
now on their way To the table. Cab
bagrS and onions are already being pulled
for use. Natures green vcrdurc, bloom
ing ciiuwcrS and bright, warm sunshine
commiugic now in this valley a. they are
wont to do in PENNSYLVANIA about the lat
tel part of May.
Oregon pulls" its political crop early in
the season also. In Il few weeks the state
conventions will have named their can
didatcS. for the various Offices for which
mcumhcntS will be- elected in June. The
most important officers To bc chosen are
two congressman. that being Orcgon'S
quota. There will be- three tickets in the
ticld-thc Peoples party making the fight
triangular.
1t is prrtty-yrncrally conceded that Dem
ucracy has Il good fighting chance with
RcpubiicaniSm this year on the tariff is
sue, and i getting ready to contest the
ground inch by inch. The shipping inter
c>tS uf the coast states are such that they
would BE- best SubScTVcd by a frcc-tradc
policy. The people are awakening to the
TACT that OuT merchant marine has been
handicapped and almost driven into lin
oruUuS dcSuctudc'' by the high tariff
laws. which have made ship binding in
this country an impOSSibility. Ninety per
cent. of the materials necessary for the
building Of sea going vessels are 80 highly
taxed that Americans cannot compete with
foreigners in their construction. As
consequence. out of one hundred ships Ic-
Gently arriving at and departing from the
port Of Portland, ninety-tive carried for
cign flags at their ma>t-hcads. But five
ont of the hundred hoatcd the United
States flag These vessels were from Eng
land. Australia. Japan. China and other
countries, hut the great majority of
them tloatcd free trade England'S col
OTS.
II | were to go into a free trade argument,
however, would not bring up local mat
Icrs to prove its bencticence, but would
commence with the broad principles which
undcrlic the brotherhood of man. | know
when this great truth i mentioned. the
ahOught suggested by the seltiShncsS of our
natures is that il is simply done for af
fectation: that sclf-preScrvation is the
first law of nature, and no man is concern
'sd about the starving paupcrs of Europe.
We are not concerned about them a much
as we ought to be, perhaps. but the fact
rcmainS-aud il is Il short lighted political
policy which OVcrlOOks it-that if We help
tie keep the paupcrS of Europe employed
at home they will purchase compenSa
ting amount from us which, in turn, will
give our own labor more employment. 1t
is the workers, not the idle men. who buy,
and buyers are necessary in order to keep
producers employed This thought car
ricd out TO its logical conclusion demon
stratcS To a verify that nations, no less
| than individuals do not live unto them
selves alone. All are intcr-depcndcnt
UpUa ole another.
W1th regard to 'hOiCc for candidates,
nine-tcuths Of Oregon'S Democrats are for
Cleveland. Hill has a few ardent admir-
ers and Palmer, If nominated. would be
enthusiastically supported. The great
ajuriry of Republicans are i'm favor of
Harrison since Blaine il out Of the field.
The Peoples party adhcrcntS are work
ing earnestly. but aS the interests they
propose 10 right are too diverse To bc
brought under the shield of one party.
they are not likely to be very large guam
tity this year on the Pacific "oast The
most ardent third party men are thoS"
who have recently come from Iowa, Kan
SaS and other interior states.
With kind regards to friends of all par
ties. ! am Yours truly.