The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-14
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS
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From the New York Commercial
Publishers throughout the entire United States WIZ waen
Win interest the Of the government policy v the
pfovnce OF Quebec with reference TO stunpase dues on an
puIpwood what known as the crown iads' no
matter whether these had been actually sold or only put un
der lease The effect ought be to considerably reduce the
nrce of white paper this country for the manufacturers OF
pup can now import spruce logs at trnte OF only IS cehs
Der cord to the provincial above what the Cana
dian manufacturers have to the difference was formerly
81 90 per cord against the Americans.
The province of Quebec years ago openly evadeu
provision of the constitution of the Dominion of Canada
which reserves strictly the federal government the power
to tax trade and commerce American manufacturers AT
that time were importing Quebec pulpwoOd in immense guam
titles Tor the making paper and the graspng but not very
sighted provincial lawmakers Of Quebec forthwith I'M
posed by statute condition of all forest lands sofa o
the government that stunpaee dues at the rate OF Si9o
cord Of 1000 cbc should be rebate of $3.50 in all sucn
wood manufactured into pulp in Quebec province This was
virtually an export tax Of $3.50 per cord
An immediate effect of stimulate the manufac
Of wood puo in the province of Quebec and Tor some
time thereafter the Canadians ground the great bulk OF
the spruce cut on Quebec lands But secondary result was
discourage American purchasers Of crown lands the de-
and these from the States having before that been very
active the prices correspondingy high Under the eh
mort tax land values declined and the government speed
became aware that hoist by its peard Spruce
lands that had previously been held $500 to 5000 per
square mile dropped down $40 and even $lo-and few
Americans wanted them at that figure with the handicap oil
the export tax
Last week however Just the Of its annual auction
sale of crown lands the government proclaimed change IN
sunpag due6s cents cord instead OF St9o the
in favor of home manufacturers being also reduced
ss from SIS American pulp manufacturers are
thus practically relieved of the previous handicap and ought
now to favorable position to supply paper manufac
trer in the United States with Canadian pulp at much
lower prices
Under this change Of government policy the lands
jumped up rapidly in price largely under the influence OF
American bidding As high s577 mile was OBJ
tanned for spruce tracts and one days sales alone
Melted the government 100000 CHIEFLY Americans
money.
Can the consumers of white paper States hope for
any reduction from prices in view of this essened
cost OF Canadian pupl
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FAIRBANKS ON GERRYMANDERs.
From the indianapolis Sentinel.
Senator Fairbanks has been mparng more startling and
original information to the young republicans OF Missouri
than Bevedge could possibly have poured into the
of the OF Russia be seen from the
following sample taken from his speech
I've republicans in Indiana ympathte with you epubli.
cans in Missouri YOU have to c9ntead with nf brutality E.,
in Indiana resolved before high heaven sthe this infamous
ton want to see YOU Missouri republicans do the same
and believe you will
A special interest is attached to this because Senator
Fairbanks controlled legislatures that made the existing
gerrymahders in Indiana The last is that the
ink hardly dryhe ink of the printed law 1t passed
by the late republican Legislature which conceded to have
been the dsgracefu that in Indiana
by republicans In the last congress- ma GRITTY of $1,000
out of total vote OF $4,000 the republicans elected nine OF
the thirteen congressman which the State is entedn
other words they had advantage of in the
and advantage Of in the representation Not
satisfied with this the republican legislators devised scheme
to take of the democratic districts but Sena
tor Fairbanks called them of because would
gins much, and better make of nine than
to take chances eleven This policy followed
carry OF the districts made extend Ma.
county the Ohio river This done in
the redera law which requires the territory of district
be compact and contiguous
The last grrymander of the State passed by the leg
islaure OF Iso7-he that elected Mr. Fairbanks
1t was not the proper year make apportonment but
republican supreme had indicated would not sus
tain the existing apporonmenmad by the republican leg
islaure OF Isosand the republicans afraid to risk
leaving the state without any apportionment As matter
of fact there such thing known Indiana as
republican apporonment that gerrymander and
the State educated oppose them not by republicans
but by democrats One OF the last legislative lesaces of
Oliver Morton the outrageous gerrymander of 1872
which Thomas A. Hendricks made the central feature OF
his campaigns until the democrats gained control of the State
and apportioned it fairly The democratic apportione6ts
were attacked by the republicans but there was so little
ground for it that they carried election on the issue
The State continued democratic 1898 when changed
on National issues and republican legislatures once NOR.
$ began their work of gerrymandering
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