Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-10-15

district. says the Clay Center Times
Note them:
After hard fight in the primaries
he secured the Republican nomina-
tion as provided by law and thereby
became the Republican candidate for
the position Of congressman; this Is
enough for good party man.
He is member Of the ways and
mesns committee OF the house and
has been ever since Senator Curtis
was promoted 70 the senate. I.
lie we'll settled that the tariff will
be revised during the next congress.
Should Mr.. Calderhead be reelected
he will no doubt be reappointed to his
position upon this committee which is
recognized as the most important
committee Of the house. II the tariff
| is revised the bill must originate with
the ways and means committee Oh tne
house. Kansas at this time occupies
such position that II is very impor-
tant that one Of her members be upon
this committee. There are large
number Of people who do not realize
the Importance Of the tariff question
to the American farmer. 1t lisa well
known fact that whom the tariff was
revised in 1894 by Democratic con-
gress and Mr.. Bryan was q member
Of the ways and means committee,
they reported the Wilson bill to the
house, which placed twenty-eight pro-
ducts Of the farm upon the free list.
Among them apples, bacon, ham,
eggs, milk, wool and other products.
At the same time they practically
transferred to the free list nine
other articles such as wheat, wheat
-four, rye. corn corn meal and oats.
On these nine arcticleS they reduced
the duty 20 per cent but that was
only In event that the othhr countries
imposed q duty on the same II coming
from the United States. There were
thirty.two other articles such as
horses, cattle, calves, hogs, sheep,
barley. butter, cheese, beans, vege-
tables Of various kinds, hay, onions,
potatoes and poultry upon which they
reduced the duty.
The statistics show that during the
first nine months Of the Wilson bill as
compared with the last nine months
Of the Mckinley tariff which had pro-
tected each Of the above articles with
a high duty that the farmers suffered
to the extent Of the loss Of over forty
million dollars in America, there be-
ing in that nine months forty million
dollars more Of the products Of the
farm as above classified imported into
this country than had been during
the last nine months Of the Mckinley
tariff law. It is well known to the
people Of the country that the placing
Of wool upon the free list ruined the
sheep industry.
Mr.. Bryan sustains the same OPin-
ions in regard to the revision Of the
tariff now, that he did In 1902 and 5
and A. That means he would favor
the placing Of large number Of pro-
ducts Of the farm upon the free list
and reducing 1t on the others. This
would result in great loss Of market
to the American farmer.
After the sheep industry had been
destroyed, Mr.. Bryan knowing the re-
suit Of the Wilson bill which he
helped to report, upon this industry,
said in a public speech in Ohio that
be was still in favor Of free wool.
We submit as great agricultural
state that It is most important that
Mr.. Calderhead should be reelected
because he will be upon this commit
tee that is appointed to revise the
tariff.
While the Republicans are favorable
to revision OF the tariff they are not
10 favor Of such a revision as will
destroy the market Of the American
farmer but we believe in giving to the
products Of the farm, to American
labor and to factories just such pro-
lection as they need-the farmer 50
he may have bis home market, the
labOrer so he may receive his high
wage aud the American factories just
what they need to pay high American
wages and compete With the cheap
foreign goods.