Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-10-22
CANADA MENACE
TO OUR FARMERS
Pennsylvania Gtsngets VltaIly
Concerned In me Tariff.
PENUOSE'S STUATtGlC POST

Senator viii ne An Important Foe.
tor N Protecting the Varied inter.
ss,s os the Keystone state.
Especial Correspondence
Harrisburg. oct 90.
Attention has been directed in the
discussion Of the issues ~ the prosl
Dental campaign 70 the vital interest
the farmers uf Pennsylvania. and Ia
fact of every state In the Union have
in the continuance Of the present sys.
TEN OF protective taun
The wonderful strides made By Can.
ada In tho development OF her sgri.
cultural interests and the rapidly in.
creasing growth of her population.
have been the subject Of comment by
orators who have sought to imprcss
the farmers Of the United States VITA
the fact that they probably more than
any other class are concerned In the
success Of the Republican party which
means that whatever changes shall be
made In the tariff they shall be made
along the lines Of protection to Arneri-
can interests
Thirty millions Of people. many Of
them agriculturallsts. will shortly con
stitute the population Of Canada. and
the great output from the Canadian
farms will come In direct competition
with the products OF Pennsylvania
farms, Of New York farms and Of the
farms OF the other states
Unless there shall be a protective
tarif. the American farmer. who is
used 10 the comforts and many OF the
luxuries OF life. will be in direct com
petition with the Canadian who. while
Irifty. does not have anything like
I. , enjoyments of home life that are
possessed by the farmers In the United
States. .,...,...-... .. ,..
Penrose's important Position.
Not only the presidency. but con.
gress. must be won to insure to the
American farmer. as well az the Amer.
lean manufacturer and workingman.
continuance OF the protective tariff.
In Pennsylvania there is legisla.
turs to elect. which in January next
will name a successor to United States
Senator Boies PsuroXe.
Senator Penrose occupies an i'm.
portant position in the United States
senate.
He is the first Pennsylvania in
many years who has been appointed
on the powerful committee on finance
Neither Quay nor Cameron was on
this committee.
Penrose was given a position on II
Immediately after his last reelection,
and he is now one OF the senior mem
bers Of the body II is not improb-
able that before long he will be nlllng
the craftsmanship OF this committee.
Aldrich. the present chairman, is talk
ing about retiring from the senate.
The second ranking member Burrows,
of Michigan. may encounter difficulties
in being reelected on account of the
peculiar political conditions in the
state. The third member Platt OF New
York, will not be a candidate for re.
election. so that Penrose. who comes
next, will be moved up to the head n
the committee in accordance with
precedent in the senate. where senior
ity is always considered in the ranking
of members of committees.
With Penrose in such a splendid
strategic role he will be in a position
to guard Pennsylvania interests. her
granger. her industrial her mining aud
her other inerests, which have enjoyed
protection.
All tariff legislation must come be
fore the finance committee. and the
final settlement of all disputed sChed-
ules is referred to committee on
conference. three members of the sen.
ate and three of the house, and it is
fair to assume Senator Penrose will be
one of these conferees, If not the chair
man of the senate subcommittee.
The Importance OF electing Republl.
can members of the legislature will
appeal to every one, as we'll as the
urgency of sending Republicans to the
lower house of congress, where the
Democrats hope to make gains, princi'
pally in the west
Pennsylvania farmers will be inter
ested in an address recently made by
John II. Lands. of Lancaster county
in which he emphasized the menace
which Canada's industrial develop
ment must hold over American farm.
ing and dairy interests. as long a
there shall be any danger of a revision
of the tariff under which the farmers
of the United States have become so
prosperous.
Timely Talk to Farmers