The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-06


the Fee Admission OF All Raw =,
! terals-Democratic Vice Prestoo.7
| Tinabcr-Some Possible Nofninla-
Mistakes Of Former Convent,c.,
Resignation Of Bill Chandler.
BY WILLIS J. ABBOT.
The power of the press irrespec;iv,
of political affiliations on the part "
any newspaper seems likely to hc I'll
en- IN interesting lost in the next sin
months. Aside from the power of tn"
press. thc sincerity and the unsclteh
ness of newspaper owners and editors
are likely to he given like test
Among the many trusts existing AMI
fourishing in the United States t"da!
is the paper trust, That Of c"urs" i
not its name. 1t may be the Gene
Paper company or the Manufactures
! Paper company or half Il dozen o,hci
companies differing in names but All
alike in their purpose, which is to ~
material ont Of which paper is M =
and to compel newspaper publishers ~
pay the highest prices that can lac g.,
! turtcd
At New York the newspaper "Wn";s.
members of the American Publishers
association. who control Republican
| Democratic papers. recently ad"pta Z
practically with Il unanimous yot" I'll.
resolution:
| Resolved. That il is tho scnse Of this
meeting that the duty on printing pap,r.
wood pulp and all material entering into
| the nlanufa cture Of printing paper he i'm
mcuiatciT repealed.
1t would take too much space f. give
the names of the owners. ruhiiShr
or editors OF Republican neWSVdpcn.
who voted in favor Of this resolution
Enough it is to say that practically 81
who attended the meeting did &u
Now. it will he interesting to oi;scryc
what they are going to do when IL,
SiXtieth congress meets and thCir lido
Joe Cannon. returns with his dctcr'l
nation that the tariff must not Il
touched and his gavel To enforce the.
determinations
If wood pulp is to he tlker of IL"
list of protected material for n" her"-
fit of newspapers. why shouldn't lU,l-
Der he taken off for the benefit of tie
people in the untimhcred plains Of n"
braska. Kansas and North and SoIth
Dakota? If that which is ncccs"G'E
<,rl to, J,p IL
open to the competition of the world
why shouldn't the goods. whatcv'l
they may he. that are necessary to thc
health. comfort and even livelihood Of
the people who subscribe to these
newspapers also he made free of duty:
1t is very we'll to say and it is ahso.1Ite-
~ true that the paper trust. f"uu1c !
upon an iniquitous tariff. is practira'
~ destroying The profits of the New
paper business III this country. ThG
Democratic papers can logically inSi-t
upon this fact, hut what are the Eo
publican papers going 10 do?
When any Republican ncwslrjr.c
or any editor OF a Republican nc;rGr"-
per dcnounceS the duty on "p"i,}'' IN
paper. wood pulp aud al matoria 81
terin@ into the rn?nufactt'ro "f print
ing paper" rs aIl The i,epuh'i"au g.
itors or pTop-:..er@ did il ,."V- 600.
they are morally bound = d"noGa :
every other form of taTiT eli RI, '.,
tcrials that affects 81 American i"
dustry.
In brief. il i; fair t. ASK 5.hnth
the action Of the A-loTio;,n Ec-..,sa.'.
Publishers asSocial lon represents; Of
the desire Of it's llouliDo".i t. rc,i.u T..
tariff for their a1'n 'rncit an t. T..
il stand as it l. for tn il;Iry &C o.
industries. This cannot It, chu-.s 4.
against Democratic editors. fo: r.
Democratic pres; stands pie led - IL"
If revision. but the Republican pro.
does not today offer ;ni' can !.date TO
any Office from tlat of rr"Si 'vnt g.
that of representative" in congo s WHO
has not pledged himself either - The
policy OF stand pat on to that Of an i'll
definite postponcmcnt of any sort at re
vision of the tariff.
The Vice Proficiency.
1t seems to he well assured that Nh
Bryan will he the nominee for presi-
dent at the next national convent -
of the Democratic party. Only his
own refusal can avert such action. I
happen to know that within three or
four weeks he will make Il state.rcnt
on the subject and outline the issue;
on which he would he willing to he
cn nti1atc If If all
do not speak for him. nor do | be
lieve there is any man in the United
States authorized to speak for him.
Yet | individually believe that Nj.
Bryan will he Il candidate before the
1908 convention and that without very
much delay he will announce definite
~ the platform on which he stands and
will ask The support of the Democrat"
voters prior to the convention more
for the issues in which he -elieyes than
for himself Probably in that event
he will he nominated. Probably too.
there will hc Il 'ime fight in the c0nven-
ton. ana 10 Democratic convention ot'