Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-03
Tho Southern Domination OF Oen'oe'

Tho Southern Domination Of Oen'oe.
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We All feel a sincere satisfaction III
a.. ,bouy,t that the sectional differ
enc.s growing out of the CIVIL ""i
haze been rcconciled. Time mas
h.,L a these wounds. We are now
united under the proud flag OF COM
mon country with y common destiny
w. would not wish by word or act
10 r.kIndic the fires OF fratriciial
strife, and yet when great poil'lra'
marty asks for our suffrages at the
POLLS we have right to ask what
.lo,,,.r,e r.r.lomiuate in it and what
section controls its action ana f"rhu-
lates Its policies in case It secures
control Of the federal government. In
the last Presidential election the Demo-
cratic party had a total of loo electoral
votes Of which number AZ cam" from
rho Southern states. That party mas
In Congress at the present time 2os
mcubers-32 members Of the Senate
and Ia members Of the National
uousc of Representatives. OF this
number y Senators and IT, Represcn-
to,iycs are from the Southern states
II is evident, therefore. that tn" sue
COS. of the Democratic party in this
election would mean that for the next
few wears that section Of the country
wnu,d dominate our national affairs.
our peopl" in Maine have had thelr
full share of the magnificent prosperity
that has come to the country under
IN. b.uetircnt operation of the Dingtey
tariff law. and they have n" desire To
bark back To the soup-house cohdl-
tions-thc universal hard times that
prevailed under the last Dehi"crh'ic
national administration. Nor Is this
feeling by any means confined 70 our
wage workers. 1t is matter OF COIL
MO, kn,wIeJge that live stock and all
kinds of agricultural products prihs
los. money in Canada than they q" on
This side Of the line. our farmers
,,roruizc the fact that it is only the
,royisinn of our present tariff law that
rrnircts them from unrestricted COM
n.tuion with the Canadian provinces
and enables them to maintain the pres
ent prices of their products. For in
stance. last spring. when potatoes We're
selling for "A dollar a bushel in Maine,
they were bringing only sixty cents a
hush.l in New Brunswick. There was
big crop there and mad they been
given free access to our markets they
would have brought down the price on
this side OF the line to sixty or sixty
Ave cents a bushel. and thousands Of
dollars that went into the pockets of
our Maine farmers would have been
lost to them. What is true of pota-
toes is true in n large measure of hay,
oats, eggs. poultry and dairy products.
and sheep. Under the Dingley law
the farmers Of this country have alb
solute control Of the great American
market. and nowhere does this fact
mean more to them than it does in
Maine. separated as we are from the
great farming section of New Bruins
wick by the mere artificial barrier of q
boundary line. Let US see what the
Dingley law is doing to protect the
farming interests OF Maine from
Canadian competition. The agricul-
tural schedule Of the Dingley law OBJ
liges the Canadian farmers to pay the
following duties before he can come
across the line to compete with Ameri.
can farmers. Cattle. 1915 per head
swine. $3.50 per head: horses. $50 pc,
head; sheep $3.50 per head; oats. l;
cents per bushel; butter and cheese.
cents pound: eggs, cents a dozen;
nay, u per ton: straw. $3.50 per ton
potatoes. IS cents bushel.
IN 4 similar manner our iuportan
lumber and fishing interests are caret
Tor under the present law. Nelso,
Dingley loved the State Of Maine an,
IN the great law which he Framed TO
the .upbuilding of our acknowledgements
nyAand under which our couiry ha