The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-14


bill in the form in which it passed the
House. The bill was altered In an Inn
povtant degree in the Senate. But its
essential part will be enacted. Okla
homa and Indian Territory will be adj
u,itted as the State of Oklahoma. which
Is the Important part OF the measure
This will be sent to the President long
before the end of the session. For the
Fourth of July the people Of the twin
Territories are arranging to have Jol-
lifestion in commemoration of their
approaching honors. No postponement
of the affair will be necessary. Okla
homa and its neighbor are about TO
write the forty-sixth star on the flag,
and tubiiations for them will be in
order ON the Fourth.
Several measures OF much conse-
uueuce are still before one or both
branches of Congress. The pure-food
bill and the Philippine measure have
each passed one branch, and strong
effort is being made to put them
through the other. This is likely to
succeed. Neither branch has yet fixed
upon the type OF canal for Panama,
but the matter is so urgent that they
are likely to act before the session
ends. The Santo Domingo treaty is
still before the Senate, and an endeavor
will be made. when two or three more
OF the large measures are out of the
way. to secure final action Something
definite for Santo Domingo is demand
ed. either ratification or rejection. The
President. In provisional way, Is en-
forcing some Of the provisions Of the
treaty. but not all of them. 1t would
be more satisfactory for the President,
and also for the government Of the ISL
and republic. If the Senate would de-
eide the matter of the relations be-.
tween us and that country, as relating
to the receivership which we have es-
tabIished there. Our supervision has
had good effects, and the Dominicans,
as well as their creditors, on the Amer
lean continent and IN Europe, like It.
But the Senate has duty to do In this
matter, and is not likely to shirk it
much longer The Republican Presi-
dert and the Republican Congress- are
giving a good account of themselves
Mnen very important legislation will
have gone On the statute book by the
time. In the latter part OF June or the
early part of July, when the session
ends. The executive and legislative
ends of the government are furnishing
grand campaign do lments for the Re
publican party in the congressional
canvass. Not often are the Republi-
cans in such good shape to wage an
aggressive, an enthusiastic and a win
ning congressional campaign as they
will be In for the big fight of ,9O6.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Club of the shoe Trust.
The Shoe Trust people have decided
to increase the price of their products.
but their excuse is hardly warranted
by the facts The leaders of the trust
claim that the cost of material has In
creased 90 per cent, and that the taris
on hides is the cause Of 1t. The tari.f
on certain grades Of hides is 10 per
cent. Why should that increase the
cost so per cent? Bat the ID per cent
tariff Is not imposed on all hides. A
large portion come In free of duty. 1t
has been estimated by shoe Len that
the tariff increases the cost of pair
of $3.50 shoes from two to seven cents.
Call 1t the latter; that is per cent
not so per cent. The Shoe Trust is not
Increasing the price of shoes OH account
of the tariff nor would the trust lower
the price il we had free hides. The
trust wants more profit. If it can't get
it at the expense of the cattle raisers
# proposes to get 1t at the expense Of
tie consumer. But the consumer need
not worry. He will find that competi-
ton will give him his shoes as cheaply
as ever.
The Free Seed Graft.
The country had hoped, when the
House committee struck out the apprU-
prfation for free seeds from the agri-
cultural bill that Congress would bow
to public opinion and eliminate this
senseless graft. But it seems we or-
<oc~,oa 70 ACKNOWLEDGMENT CouOroc :.