St. Tammany farmer., 1906-09-01
Hon. 5. n. Robertson
Our Choice tor Congress.

Our Choice tor Congress.
The primary election on the 9Th
q September will be an event OF
vast importance TO the interests OF
every man who lives IN the Sixth
Congressional District. and equally
% to the people Of the entire State
If the voters of the District can
% brought to realize the serious
results that will follow the issue OF
that primary, not one will neglect
TO cast bic vote.
THIS Congressional District rs
alive with business industries that
can be promoted and benefited by
the favorable action of Congress-
or crippled and crushed out Of ex-
,stence by i,s "nfriendly action.
Rice. cotton, w".l. lumber, sugar,
turpeptine, ETC.. arc among the
products that engage the industrial
energies of our people. Ever7'
body knows that j, has required
the greatest vigile'"e on the part
Of our Louisiana Congressman Tor
the past thirty years to prevent
unjust discriminate" against these
industries. With every section OF
the United States struggling Tor
the protection Of It's own INDUS
tries, there has been constant dan
ger Of putting sugar, rice aud lum'
ber on the free list. The present
tariff of duties is so burdensome
and unequal that the next Congress
will be forced to read just It; and
when the readjustment comes,
there will be q struggle to take all
the protective duties from these
products of our State, in order to
retain, or perhaps increase them
on the productions and manufac'
1ures of the North and East.
The Ways and Means Commit
tee Of the House Of Represents.
tiyes will have exclusive charge and
control OF that readjustment. II
deals with all questions Of taxation
and revenue. 1t selects the dut'a'
bic articles and fixes the rates. a
member of the House can be heard
in debate, but his power for gooo
or evil Is not ne.thousandth o.
the power and influence of tht
member who has . place on tn
Committee of Ways and Means
This IS the highest and most I'M
portan, committee of the House
No Congressman is appointed o.
it, except such as have had year
Of experience in Congress. Men Q
ability aud prudence and conserva
t,sm, who are familiar with tn
entire tariff system, are the one
who are invariably selected as mem
bers Of this committee. Men llk
Mckinley, Carlisle, Randall, he
", Blame, Wilson, Morrison an
Holman, who had spent the
lives in the study Of the tariff, u
instances of the material sclecte
for this committee, and the que
tions with which 1t deals have e'
gagged the severest labors of OF
public men, from the davs of Cla
and Calhoun to the present da..
Our present Congressman, Samu
NJ. Robertson, is member OF th
committee, aud his rank on u
committee Is second 10 that of n
Williams, the minority leader
the House. The people Of Il
Sixth Congressional District, ther
fore, have in Mr.. Robertson n
only a Representative IN Congres
but a Representative Of the highe
rank, on the most powerful a
important committee of Congre'
This Is the strongest position
the Sixth Congressional Distrl'
this Is IT'S sure guarantee that
harm can result to its material
terests IN this Congress, nor IN I
next, if we re elect Mr.. Roberteo
And yet, in the face of this ia
we are invited by an am6itio
young judge and some ambit'o
young attorneys from Baton Rou
to retire Robertson; to vacate p
manently our representation on
moat important committee in *