The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1908-10-10
. STRONG APPEAL.
why it is Important that Louisiana Should
send at Least One Republican
to Congress.


to Congress.
Ex-Governor FL. g. Warmoth, who
is rightly regarded as one OF the ablest
men in Louisiana, has issued circu.
lar letter to the voters of the first con-
gressionaI district. setting forth in
plain and incontroyertible terms the
reasons why the election of Repub-
lican to congress is necessary for the
protection and advancement OF the
welfare of the people of that district
and of the people of the state at large,
and making a straightforward appeal
in behalf OF his candidacy. Governor
Warmoth says:
IT am sure that you favor fair
tariff duty on foreign productions and
imports with view to the protection
of the Industries of agriculture and
manufacture in the state OF Lou1s1-
ana. Especially does the sugar, rice,
fruitsyand vegetables of agriculture, cot
ton goods, boots and shoes. clothing
machinery, alcohol, beer, and the va
rious other manufacturing Industries,
which employ thousands of skilled and
unskilled workmen, need protection by
tariff duties against the cheaply pro-
duced products of Europe and the
tropics.
every merchant, banker, trades
man. mechanic and laborer in Louisi-
ana and New Orleans is dependent on
the prosperity of the agriculture and
manufacturing Industries of our state
for their prosperity. Letthere be short
sugar or rice crop and see how every
line of business suffers in the city Of
New Orleans. See the idle clerks in
the stores; see the streets filed with
idle mechanics and workmen; see the
drummers return without orders; see
the reduced wages at which those en-
ployed have to work; see the want and
suffering that follows. Delayed or
unpaid bills, refused credits, lower
wages and lower rents. The people buy
less, for they donothaveth the money with
which to purchase even the necessaries
of life.
ssWithout protection from the cheap
sugar of the tropics. our sugar indus
try would be literally destroyed-for
cane grows there without cultivation
and for many years without planting.
China can food New Orleans with rice
| at low prices when the Panama Canal
| is completed. Cuba and Central AM
erica can supply cur market with vege-
tables and fruits; Europe can undersell
our cotton and wooden goods, our
boots and shoes, our clothing. our
machinery and any of our industrial
products, for labor is abundant there
and cheap, and freights this way are
nominal,
tive had an object lesson as to the
/ result of the Wilson. Bryan bill in 1894,
which Mr.. Bryan voted for under
protest because it did not go far
enough towards free trade, and Mr.,
Cleveland refused to sign it because
he said it was per6dious and dishon-
est measure, allowing it to become Law
without his sign allure.
'tBoth political parties are pledged
to a revision of the tariff by the next
congress. The Bryan Democrats
have declared that protection is
robbery, that we should buy where We
can buy cheapest and that the tariff
shall be cut down to the lowest point
possible.
'sThe Taft Roosevelt Republicans
have declared for a reduction OF du-
ties only where the changed conditions
show that 1t can be done with safety
to American industries, American la
Dor and American wages.
/ aIt is clear that we in Louisiana are
in great crisis In our agriculture
and industrial interests and it be.
hooves every planter and every farmer.
every market gardener, every fruit
grower, every manufacturer, every
merchant. every banker, tradesmau,
mechanic and every workman to arouse
themselves and show the metal there
is in them. If we do not fight for oul
own interests, who will do it for US?
II am candidate to represent the
people of the first congressional dis
trict in congress. # I am elected
will strain every nerve and make
every effort to protect the interests O
the people of Louisiana.
"Certainly the state of Louisian;
and the city of New Orleans SHOULD
have one man in congress who can gc
in the councils of the Republican part!
which will control the next congress
and next administration. Certainl.
we are entitled to one Republican repre-
sentative out of theseyen sent from Lou
islana, one voice that can be heard il