Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-11

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ont of work But says the Demo-
crat. why not sell at cost or less at
home and give our people the beneht?
That would break down the market at
home and the mills would shut down
or the wages of the operatives be cut
down Factories will not run if there
is TO profit. Congress inve stfsated TINS
charge few years ago and the amount
of our products SO sold abroad was too
small to require consideration. l believe
the report was not even printed.
mo State in the Union has more IN
terest in the maintenance of the Re
publican policy of protection than Maine.
encircled as she is by a foreign country
in which labor cost is considerably less
than with her Her voice in this election
should be clear and decisive in this re
gard so that the Republicans over the
country may be strengthened and en-
couraged. A determined effort VIII be
made to place pulp and paper on the free
list In cur State the investment of cap
ital in these industries is very large
and many working men are employed at
| good wages. The. duties are small. In
my opinion if these products are placed
upon the free list the industries VIII IN
time be transferred to Canada to our
great loss.
'All tariff bills originate in the House
and it is of vital importance that Maine
have four Republican representatives
there to protect her interests, notWith-
standing her Republican Senators. 1t is
true that tariff revision while necessarily
originating in the House may be and is
modified, amended and supplemented in
the Senate. The Wilson bill was largely
reconstructed in the Senate and after 1t
finally became a law was almost entirely
the work of the then Democratic Senate.
Senator Hale and I have had the re-
sponsibility of experimenting the work of
our members in the House when the for
mer tariff bills have come up to the Sem
ate. In the approaching revision Maine
is fortunate in Senator Hale's position
en- the finance committee which will deal
with the proposed tariff revision when
it reaches the Senate. Mr.. Hale has had
long experience on this committee and
ranked on it next to Senator Alison it's
chairman. whose recent death will nat
ually make Senator Hale chairman of
this committee. We shall use our every
endeavor to promote the interests OF our
| State bu. in order to secure the best re-
suit the Republican representation must
be unbrolsen in the House,
Names representation in the United
! States Senate is a matter of pride to ,1en
| of Maine irrespective of party. No State
| in the Union commands through its SEN
| ators such wide influence as this good
| old Pine Tree State of ours
Senator Hale is chairman of the COM
| mttee IN naval affairs, the ranking
| member on the finance committee which
has jurisdiction of all questions relating
| to the tariff, and member of the COM
| mittee or appropria tons, one of the most
| important committees of the Senate. The
| Senator has twice been invited and urged
| to take II portfolio in the cabinet, but
declined it. recognizing the ever increas-
| ing position and influence which long
continued service alone can produce. He
is member of the Currency commission
appointed by the present Congress.
| Senator Frye, who stepped across from
the House to the Senate only IA days after
| Senator Hale took his seat, is chairman
| of the committee commerce, shipping,
| revenue cutter and life-saving service,
| lighthouses and river and harbor i'm
| pEONementS. In tflc last congress tne
docket Of this committee was cleared
| and every matter disposed Of All the
| bills which were reported favorably pass
| ed the Senate and most of them became
| laws. Senator Frye was the ranking
| member of the committee on foreign af
fairs and would long ago have been chair
man had he not felt that the interests of
| his State could be better served by his
| remaining at the head of the committee
on commerce.
| Senator Frye was selected by President
| Mckinley as one of the commissioners
| in negotiating the treaty with Spain. He
| served on the committee at Paris He has
| been President pro tempore of the Sen
| ate for many years and still holds the
| position. For six wears of this time
he has actually presided over the Senate
| as acting Vice-PreSident during the time
that vacancy existed in that office.
| Maine may well take great pride in
| the important and influential positions
| which her Senators hold. The people
! realize that the interests of the State
| these two Senators, personal friends of
| a lifetime, in accord in the main on all
| questions Of legislation, always with re-
gard to the interests of the State of Maine
| and never hesitating for one moment
| to Join in utmost endeavor to secure for
| they are entitled.