Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-10-28
DISPUTE THIS, IFYOU CAN.
The Sage Of ysIm Propounds Some Trouble
some Inquiries to Republicans.

Ed. SrANDAED:
Allow me one more whack" at the
d. o. p. before the people are called
upon to cast their ballot, and by way
OF introduction, want to say that if
had been in Taxpayers" place |
should have signed my name to the
anonymous circular lately issued. 1t
Is nothing to be ashamed OF. Its all
wool and yard wide" My brand
always goes with my writings, whether
they like it or not. 1 am an uncom-
promising enemy Of modern Republi-
canism and l think the readers OF the
STANDARD all know it. And, by the
way, l am prepared to give my reasons
for 1t, which is more than the average
Republican can do in advocacy OF his
principles.
Taxpayer has shown beyond a shad-
ow OF doubt that there is a screw
loose somewhere in the administration
of county affairs, but the people al.
ready know it. They found it out
when they went down in their jeans to
pungle the taxes. 1t is the same old
story wherever and whenever they get
"pull." We haven't forgotten the
long years of public plunder prior to
'96, and the retrenchment that on the
part OF the fusion officials was neces.
sary and that was loyalty carried out,
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the succeeding two years, resulting in
restoring the credit of the State and
county and bringing our outstanding
warrants, the result Of d. o. p. extrava.
gance, up to and above par, which be.
fore had gone begging on the market
at any old price. We are not likely to
forget it; oh no, not on your tin-type,
and l am glad to note that few of
the most intelligent of the rank and
file of the d. o. p. have paused long
enough to consider the situation in its
true light and have turned from the
error of the past and are now enlisted
under the banner of equal rights for
all and special privileges for none."
Among them l find my friend Ment-
ger. l heard him speak at Sodom,
and he did himself credit. The only
thing blame him for is that he didn't
investigate sooner, for investigation is
all that is necessary to prove the in
consistency OF d. o. p. argument. The
slaves OF the south were happy in their
ignorance. Their masters took good
care that they didn't have an oppor-
tunity to find out that slavery was
only the outgrowth OF human despo.
tism. human avarice and contaminated
greed and selfishness, and that no man
has right to compel another man
to work for his hash and clothes with
out his consent. This was Lincoln's
argument against slavery but it is
seldom the d. o. p. orators quote Lin
coin. They don't dare to. The in
consistency would be too glaring,
'twould dazzle their eyes. There
stands in the city OF New York
statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World" Seven thousand miles dis
tant we find 5000. 600 people recently
brought into bondage by an admins
tration honored by that statue. Talk
Of inconsistencies! This is the most
gigantic the world has ever known.
Plant the statue Of Liberty Enlight-
ening the World in our metropolis
and straightway proceed to deprive g.
100000 people of that greatest Of
blessings! Consistency thou art
jewell" Ingersoll once said that any
one who believed iu hell must be af-
ficted with at least two diseases, pet
rifactiOn Of the heart and petrifactiOn
of the brain, and l agree with him.
and 60 farther and assert it as my
solemn conviction that any one who
can endorse the Philippine policy OF
the administration must certainly be
suffering from like infliction.
But this is not the only delusion or
Inconsistency OF the party. There is
the tariff fetch. There stands on the
statutes OF the United States the high
est tariff known in the history OF the
country. Why should We have such
tariff? For the benefit Of the masses?
Not on your weasel-skin. Oh no.
The people be damned" It's for
the benefit of the manufacturer and
capitalist alone, but some OF the dam
phool people think its for their benefit
that it enhances the price of labor.
Well, let's see. l find by the statistics
for the year ending June 80, 1904, the
sale OF manufactured products to for
eigners amounted to 1852 100000, Of
which fully 50 per cent. was sold at
cheaper rates than are charged for
precisely the same goods when sold to
Americans. The average prico OF
these goods in the foreign market is %
per cent. less than the selling price in
the home market. On agricultural
implements, tools, machines and hard
ware, the difference in the price to the
foreigner and to the American varies
from 10 to SO per cent. On wire, cart
ridges, playing cards, ETC., the differ
ence is more than 100 per cent, and
on such articles as rope and borax the
difference is 200 per cent. With these
facts staring you in the face, can you
see wherein the producer of wealth is
benefited by the tariff, when those
moguls can compete with the pauper
labor OF Europe and Asia and actually
sell their products, after shipping them
thousands of miles cheaper than they
sell them in the home market? Dur
ing the first % months of its exist
ence. the steel trust made net profits
of 1927 600, 600, an average of $4,000
an hour for day of ten hours. Isn't
that a pretty fair profit for protection?
Is it any wonder that these "phellows'
can contribute to d. o. p. campaign
fund? The d. o. p. schemers have the
audacity to stand before an outraged
!, public and tell us that during low tar.
ifs we have always had panics and
during high tariffs We have always
been prosperous which simply shows
their ignorance OF history OK their dis
regard of facts for every panic we have
had for more than 80 years has been
. under high protection.
! The gold panics which gave histor,