The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-26
THREE
CENT
REAMES
Advocating Cheap Ci-
garS From the
Philippines
Raises the Old Democratic
Cry About COnquering
and Ruling an Alien
People
woodhurn. %. Man 26. ions.

| 'NNNHhAAAf Wv NAY So ANNos
Ed. Journal: notice in your pa.
per of May 2Sd that yow crlticlse MIR.
Reames for advocating free trade with
the Philippine Islands: concluding
your article with the statement that
"Asiatic labor given unrestricted ac.
cess to American markets would
break down every industry that Il
came In contact with" You also say
that cigars In the Philippines are
I made by men, women and children
who congregate I'm matched novels.
wear almost no clothing and eat
cheaper food than Americans" Also
that open competition with those
Islands or the Cuhans would drive the
cigar manufacturer out OF business. 4"
Nov ] am wondering whether YOU In.
tend 20 maliciously inslnuate that the
American smoker could not tell the
difference between a three cent cigar
which you say Is not good. or the
Equality TO which you refer; or wheth.
er you have got your usual common.
sense befugged with those cheap
"Binger campaign clgars2" "No one
would suppose for moment that the
American smoker would smoke a
three cent cigar OF poor quality TO the
exclusion OF a good l0-cent cigar OF
American manufacturer Then please
tell us why you and Bingor want
tarin to keep out those cheap worth
less Filipino cigars? DO you believe
or mean TO say that the American
smoker cannot tell the difference be.
tween a good cloan favored cigar
and cheap, filthy article? DO you
want a tarir TO protect the intelli.
gence OF the American people or are
you trying to get on sort OF don't.
give-ad-n. ny.thlng.tOflll-up.spa
and.make .aroar for Blnger?"
You have the right To support nlng.
er II you want TO: also the right 10
lcriticise Mr.. Reames but you haven't
the right TO imperi your sanity and
sacrifice the interest OF strawberry
Couture by trying 10 invert your ex.
cellent common sense 40 Il viii apply
10 Blnger's campaign. You have been
foremost In the advocacy OF free trade
with our island possessions and why
do You now stulify yourself by advO-
eating the very oppositey N your
logic Is good In respect 10 the manu-.
facturer OF cigars II Is also good In
respect 10 any other article OF Philip.
pine manufacturer and precludes the
very idea OF free trade with the
Islands What do we want OF those
hne harbors you and Binger propose
10 establish along our western coastf
What about the great commercial
idea with the Orient? or what use
win Bingers appropriation be for the
improvement OF our harbOr's II we
dare not 10 open them TO the Philip.
pine manufacturer You are I'M favor
OF expansion II mistake not DO you
propose 10 conquer an alien people
and rule them with rulers sent from
this country: deny them the right OF
representation: deny them the right
OF citizenship: deny them the right
Of free COMMERCE with the mother
country. We might forgive you aud
Binger for mirmanagement OF the
public lands but can never accept
such un-American demRgOgy as ap'
pears In your attempt 10 cuticise aud
mlgrepresont clean honest citizen.
GRANT CORBY
The Journal ls only Interested IN
the question Of the price Of cigars 20
Illustrate a principle that The Amerl. |
can consumer should be protected /
against robbenee by the trusts and
destruction Of American Industries
from any source.
The advocacy Of three-cont Filipino
cigars taking the place OF i2h cent
American made cigars was only one
OF number Of declarations made By
The Democratic candidate fur con
gress which shows that he cares
nothing for American labor or else
be does not understand the operation
of tarih laws.
II the American laborer wants 10
hold his own with the trusts and
maintain good wages Tor himself he
must oppose the Introduction Of the
products OF cheap labor IN competi'
tion with American products. whether
he uses cigars or not. He must also
oppose the trusts that can always get
control Of an imported article much
easier than one Of domestic prOduc-
ton. Hence the labOrlng man must
oppose the opening Of our markets %
the Unrestricted Introduction Of the
Asiatics or the products Of their Ia
Dor.
The Journal has az times advocated
free trade with the Philippines and
lAne nAt II hhn iHi'iehff W nNt"
products as are necessities In this
country and cOnnOt be produced here,
Illustrations being tho jute and ma
nila products Of the Philippines. and
The tropical fruits of the Wsat Indies.
We ais0 included sugar but the night
1n free sugar a. strongest from the
u mocratic states that grow sugar.
We have free trade Ia sugar With
Hawaii aud Porto Rico but 10 for the
sugar trust has got al the benefit Of
n
The trusts flourish Tremendously in
'ree trade countries and the labor
question Is the real question involved
We viii leave our courteous Demo Q
ratio friend. the mayor Of Woodburu,
% battle royal with the cigar manu- {
actureys and dealers. The Journal 2