American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-10-24

featuring plants. In one of them only
two smoke-stacks were active. He
asked the foreman why the works were
not running to their full capacity, and
was told that the Dingiey tariff bill had
taken their business from them. At
the other plant work was entirely sus-
pended, and only watchmen were on
duty, who told him that the business
OF the plant had steadily fallen off since
the new tariff in the United States had
gone into effect, until it had been COM
PEELED to close. A friend who was with
Mr.. Davis said: rs it not a shame
that politics should cause all this dis
tress and woe? Just think of the thou
sands of men tramping the streets on
account of it."
''You live in the United States, don't
your" inquired Davis.
Eyes, was the reply.
"Well, while these mills were run
ming our boys were walking the streets
looking for work, F." replied Mr.. Davis.
"Now they are all busy. | believe
charity properly begins at home. .
: Mr.. Davis talked briefly on the tenn
perance question, stating that members
of the present legislature would be tried
as they had never been tried before,
and would come out as if from a fur
mace. Only men whose lives were right
and whose party was committed to the
cause of temperance should be sent to
the Legislature, and closed with an ap-
peal on behalf of the entire Republican
legislature and county ticket, as being
men of the right fibre, and standing
upon platform pledging them to the
enactment of new temperance legisla-
ton, and the enforcement of what laws
we have.
w. H. Philbrick, for representative,
was the last speaker He illustrated a
phase of the tariff question that had
been called to mind by Mr.. Ross more
clearly than that gentleman had by say
ing. The saving to the people by the
removal of the tariff on wool, was
500, 600, 900 a year. The government
had to take from the people in direct
taxes, or in some other way, 500, 600
900 to make up this loss in the rev.
enues of the government. The loss to
American labor, by having the manu-
featuring done abroad, was $50, 600, 600
a year, so that the saving of 800, 900
600 was offset by a loss of Sl20, 600, 900.
These are government statistics, and
present the tariff question In manner
that is easily understood. This did not
take into account, however, the loss to
the wool interests, which directly affect
the people of the west.
On county affairs he dealt with the
method of getting county, and with
the history of the Power county bill in
the last legislature, complimenting Rep
resentative Wilford Bennion highly
upon the work he had done
He took square stand in favor OF
local option. In,doing so he said he had
received pledge from strong tenn
perance organization, asking him to
bind himself to work and vote for con-
stitutional amendment. He said he
would be obliged to return that pledge
unsigned, with an explanation for SO
doing, not because he was opposed to
prohibition, but because the signing OF
such pledge might be a handicap that
would prevent the passing of any tenn
perance laws whatever.
His address was well received, and
was generally considered to be the best
of the evening, having been upon topics
of direct local interest.