Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-04-13

other home markets are supplied.
Those countries like England which do
not raise enough wheat to supply their
own people buy what they need from
the United States, India, Argentine,
Rpssia or any other country that has
surplus to sell. The demand for that
surplus fixes the price of wheat all
over the world and the Canadian
wheat has but slight influence TO
raise or lower 1t. II the Canadian
wheat does not come through Mime
apolis, where most of 1t would he
ground into flour In American mills,
it would be shipped to Eastern Can
ada and either made into -four there
or shipped direct to England. In any
event the most OF It reaches End,and
md completes in regulating the price
that is paid the world over.
The American farmer has been bad
ly treated by the protectionists; he
has to pay high tariff prices for all
he buys and has but little protection
on what lie raises. The Economist
knows this and must bolster up its
protective falacles by its pretended
anxiety for the American farmer.
The Protective Tariff League, which
supplies the money to publish the
Economist, is composed OF Eastern
manufacturers, most Of whom are now
organized into trusts and combines
who are bleeding the farmer Mt every
pore and their anxiety expressed
through their organ-the Economist
for the protection Of the farmer Is like
the love OF the lion for the lamb-to
make good meal of.
This contention amongst the Repub-
lican protectionists on the virtue Of
reciprocity, which, by the way, was
favored by Blaine and urged by Nc
Kinley, and was part Of the political
creed of President Roosevelt until the
stand patters' forced him to yield to
their "do-nothing policy" is favored b.
many Republicans, who see that pro.
lection cannot long exist unless some
| Of its barriers to trade are lowered.
The Democrats may accept reciprocity
as means to break down protection,
| but 1t is not the Democratic way OF
curing the evil of monopoly. When
the farmers are relieved from trust ex-
actions by ,the tariff leibg reformed
so that the trusts can no longer charge
them much higher prices here than the
same trust productions are sold for
abroad, the wheat problem will be set
tied ut the same time. All the farmer
wants is to be allowed to buy in the
cheapest market and sell In the best
market that the world affords. The
farmer, with the trusts removed from
his back. which are now riding him to
his undoing, will then have equal
rights with the monopolists who are
now enjoying special privileges at his
4 expense.
Republican Troubles.
The program of the Republican
leaders, which is backed by President
Roosevelt, for an early adjournment
OF Congress. has met with IN unex-
pected obstacle in the probable i'm
parchment of Judge Swayne Of Flor
ida. If the House of Representative,
follows the recommendation Of the
Judiciary Committee, the, United
States judge will be impeached for
high crimes and mlsdemeanors. That
will entail that Congress shall re.
main in session some months longer
than the Republican leaders hoped or
intended. In the meantime the various
committees are prolonging the hear
| {pn nm, f1,n hf1lo In IN
do not wish to go on record, SO that
If a report is finally agreed upon, 1t is
intended to be too late for final action.
In that way the Republican patriots
hope that they will not be called upon
to vote for or dgainst these debatablc
questions. Amongst these are the bills
demanded by the labor organizations,
for shorter hours, anti-injunction and
arbitration; for reciprocity and tariff
reform; for free trade with the Phil
ippines, recommended by Gov. Taft;
| the service pension bill; the bills fer
statehood for the territories, which
were promised in the last Republican
platform; the ship subsidy bill, the
pure food bill, the bill to Increase the
power of the Interstate Commerce
! Commission to regulate railrond rates,
and the Smoot ant.-polygany case in
the Senate. All these, and some Others
the Republican managers do not want
the party to pass upon before the
election, as record vote on any of
them might be disastrous In many
states and perhaps change the result
of the national election.
The impeachment of Juag. Swayne
would compel the House Of Repre-
scntntives to remain in session, unless
the Senate agreed that the lower hous.
could adjourn. after the appointment
of the managers Of the impeachment
on the part of the House. The few
presidents seem to be against such All
agreement. With the House of Repre-.
sentatives in session until well into the
summer, there would he constant op-
portunity for the Democrats to exploit
the numerous mistakes of the rarty In
power. There is also dread on the
part of the Republicans that President
Roosevelt will suddenly do something
that the country will not endors. and
with Congress in session 1t would he
emphasized by the Democratic lead
ers.
So 1t will be seen that the Republi-
can leaders are in peck OF trouble
and will not be relieved in their mind,
until Congress las adjourned.