The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-10-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.


Representative Cowherd, chair
man of the Congressional cam
paign committee, is back at bis
headquarters in the Riggs House,
after visit to New York. Thai
visit seems to have been product
i've, as Mr.. Cowherd was engaged
drawing checks when our cores
pendent called yesterday. He il
greatly pleased, not only with the
Democratic handbook which is out
after running the Manhattan gaunt-
let, but especially with Judge Par
ker's letter of acceptance, which
he is issuing as campaign docu-
ment by the million. Chatting
with Mr.. Cowherd was Stewart
w. Walker, of Martinsburg, w,
Va, candidate for Congress
against Representative Dayton.
He is making a whirlwind canvass
and declares that he is sure of
winning. The State now has a
solid Congressional Republican
delegation in both Senate and
House, but Mr.. Walker thinks
that the Democrats will this year
elect two and probably three
members.
The Democratic campaign text
book now being sent out in cart
loads consists of over 300 papes
largely occupied with the liveliest
speeches of the leading Democrats
in Congress. The most space is
given to ssimperialism" and "the
tariff and trusts" Great empha-
sis is placed on the we'll known
fact that Americans are compelled
to pay much higher prices for our
own manufactured goods than for
eigners do. Nearly all kinds of
hardware, implements, machinery,
tools, paints oils, ammunition,
watches, baking powder, con-
densed milk. canned goods and
nearly every kind of steel pro-
ducts are shown to be sold to our
consumers at prices quarter
larger than those paid for the
same goods by the Europeans.
Ample demonstration is furnished
that almost all of our exports of
iron and steel merchandise,
amounting to 111,0O0,O00 last
year, are sold In the European
market for about four fifths the
price charged to Americans. This,
of course, results from an iniqui-
tous tariff. The tariff amounts to
Sill to every American family of
which only 1862 goes into the
u. S. Treasury, and the balance
1914 per family, or, 81, 100000, 900
for the seventeen million families
in this country, goes to the pro-
tected trusts. This is regarded as
the most effective arraignment of
the Republican party that has yet
been made.
The Presidents letter of accept
ance is being vigorously over
hauled. In it he says: 1T is not
to us as nation that
our great export and import trade
should be we'll nigh exclusively IN
the hands Of foreigners" and he
bewails the fact that little Ameri-
can shipping is seen in the harbors
Of Europe. The President is not
acquainted with the subject.
When a ship subsidy bill was be-
fore Congress twenty years ago, |
called on millionaire merchant,
II. b. Chadin, in New York, and
him. He was a Re-
but he said, ''people of
Ind United States cannot afford to
own sea- going ships. Building
md owning ships is about the
poorest business in the world. |
have sold my ships and would no
more think of owning another
han of carting my own trunk
nome on my back when ! arrive
it the Grand Central depot. We
nave q thousand kinds of business
hat pay better. Let the paupers
if Europe do our porterage.
rhe President ought to have con-
suited some great importer or ex-
porter before writing his letter.