Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-30

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D<nscsssic Hosse snder direction Of Dc
Tens stsseanas. Thsn no ssqfshenstoa
vss feIs b Maine peoyie. We k.ev thas
or issesssss would b carefully ieeksd
sftes By . Republican Senate Sov ths
conditions ~ changed. The Dsnocsssac
party 10 in full control Of The national gov
eminent md there 10 nothing 70 prevent the
cssryiae out Of IL parposes- II
u parry peculiarly out OF Tm-
pafby wish nesthern INTEREST," Il u
sonsnassd BY Southern mes Nearly al
he important chsfrmanships in Congress
are nov heid By REPRESENTATIVES, OF that sse-
ton. These men are not only Ignorant OF
the condaious that obtain In the North, but
they sre Indifferent to them. They are in
the ssdsle, and purpose 10 run things win
. h;xh hand. Woe 70 the Northern Dem
oc7sss Who aitempt 70 stay their progress
They will be swept aside With the
same contempaous impesnosity thai was
accorded the little cosssie Who endearored 70
,,.y The Tucker bill in it, contemplated
| naiIitea,ioa Of the fourteenth and httesath
| amendments 10 the Federal constitution. II
| 1, A ssfa to assume that the forthcoming
wilson bill will carefully guard Southern
interests. A. that 10 will cut right and lei'
snd spare not 10 dealing with those Oh 'f's
North. 7. 10 needless to say tina, the piAeins
ofIumber upon the free list will be sewers
bIov 70 Maine. IL will place our lesdins
industry in direct competition with It's Cana
dian rival. Ia fact this phase OF the new
,.ria bill might very properly be called -
ei.use for the benefit Of Canadisn lumber
men, Under the new Law the advantage
- the American market will be freel,
ziyen cur competitors across the line; nov
they are Obliged to pay for the PRIV
Isy. of entering it. Under tn
democratic free trade policy IN
,umber producers Of the United States vii
|. be Obliged to compete upon equal term
with their Csnsdisn rivals for possession 0
the magnificent market Of their own conn
try. which, under Republican rule, the
have been permitted to supply. How vi
they be- able to maintain such contest
In only one way, viz, BY reducing IN
nav Of their employees TO the Canada
standard. Thus every move Of the DEM
i. cratic party is in the direction Of free ira
;. burdens upon the lAboring men Already
n view of the certaintv that Democratic Co
gress will put lumber upon the free ia
the iumbermen Of Maine are redu
, log the wage, of their men. in order tn
u they may not be placed ats disadvantaI
u another season IN competing with tanaai
y aasl.r. To what extent this
being done, even 10 the Kennebee vale
n. We will let our genial Democratic contel
70 porary. the New Age, bear testimony.
ht says;
In wages in the woods will also be reduce
Those who received $50 per month
~ winter will get from s2o to s25 this WI +:
Teamsters, sled-tenders and cooks wa
less pay. Swampers' wages Will De
low" Z
Thi. is quite a cut down that has :.
!. about A. a result of the Democratic
trade programme, and it ill be hesvii
~ BY the working men Of the Kennebec %
in a reduction of the comforts they VI >
able t, buy for their families. Thus
a the bligh,ing touch of free trade res
~ upon the rich -r' ro~erful, but upon Z,
~ who are dependent upon their daily 10
IN A livelihood IL must not be imae
=. however, that the reduction IN the was =
the men employed in the lumber bus =
so faithfully chronicied by the New ?
Of !. peculiar to Maine. IL is the rule al %
las the country in the numbering eenter'' e
mt the Democratic party carries out Its pu i
re Of putting lumber upon the free lis' th'
in auctions will probably he followed by ..
hes a.d more sweeping ones. Indeed
State of Maine, in company with
:, number of its sister states, app 'ars
the in . fair way to secure safety OF o..
,er ocratic .icbapRe" -