Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-25
THE FACTS ABOUT 1T.

am not much OF thIlil le'ip'""
list, SO possibly may be pretudiced IN
favor of such Republicans as Senator
Aldrich and Speaker Cannon, two
men who are greatly abused by the
Democrats and so-called Progressive
Republicans" During all the tax
for reduced tariff, failed to notice
any mention made of the deficit IN
the government treasury last year,
which amounted to almost hundred
million dollars. Did the senators ana
representatives led by Aldrich and
Cannon revise the tariff to prevent
a further deficit this year, and In fu-
ture years? Is 1t not barely posi-
BILE that 1t is true, as some congress-
men have stated, that they know bet
ter what is best for the country In
tariff matters than the people who
elected them? You are an average
citizen; what do you know about the
tariff?
We are already complaining about
the advances there will be in cloth
ing next year, Is that our greatest
trouble? Isn't 1t fact that fur
nishing our tables is what takes our
money? The average man, and es-
pecially the farmer, will not buy on
an average of two suits a year. One
suit will come nearer to 1t. He is
about the tariff on WOOL,
We who live In town and have to buy
flour, meat, butter, eggs and other
products of the farm, are not paying
as much tribute to the tariff as we
are to the farmer. The average family
spends "a for things to eat where
one dolIer is spent on wooden clothes
We pay thirty-five cents pound In
Atchison for good country butter or
for creamery butter. OF the latter
the farmer receives twenty-nine cents
for the cream from which the butter
Is made, and the balance is divided
between the creamery man and the
grocer. When the grocer sells ui
eggs at twenty-five and one-halt 70
five cents, and the rest goes to the
farmer.
There is a foolish notion abroad
in the West that anything the Eas
wants, the West should oppose. The
manic of 1907 hit the East first, ant
Init It the hardest. In fact, the Eas
did not recover entirely until the tar
iff wrangle was settled. The settle
ment of the tariff opened up NOR
factories and mills, and thus pu
laboring men to work, and starte
them buying things the West raise
to sell. The manufacturers had t
have money to put these men t
work and handle the business, ant
as a result, there is a big deman
| for money. Whenever money Is idl
in the banks, times are dull; wher
ever the industries demand money I
carry on business, times are bette
II tariff helps out the East, an
II 4 L
Keeps the Eastern labor busy, tn
West can stand 1t.
Senator La Toilette Of WIsconsi
Is attacking the records Of other n
publicans in congress. Yet he vote
for the tariff on lumber, paper an
, paper pulp,' the things his state prt
: duces and his constituents wante
|, protected. Still Senator LaFollett
| is in favor Of reforming the tarli
] SO that 1t will not affect the thing
/, his state produces. Practically a
: the Southern senator's lined up fo
/, the tariff on lumber, cotton and 81
: gar, the things their states produces
; Still they will denounce the Repul
I licans for not revising the tariff 0
) wool, iron and steel.
al Is 1t the tariff that makes price
/ high, or Is 1t the supply and demand
V Ia the tariff the cause Of high-price
' butter, eggs, meat, flour and pot
9 toes, or 1t It supply and demand? tn
o tariff on leather was removed HaN
d YOU noticed any decrease in the priC
i OF footwear? Is 1t not a fact th'
. leather prices are advancing becaui
: of the demand for leather? Does thu
= not also knock out the theory thu
n the tariff fosters trustsH II the tar
e fosters trusts why is 1t that the leatl
: er trust was not put out OF buslne'
: when the tariff was taken off leatI
er? Take the case of Old Joe Cal
q non. He is accused Of Sitting legi
o lation. Old Joe Cannon says that
d the Reed rules were not enforced
q would take twenty years to hold oil
Il session OF congress. There are 81
d members in the House Of Represe
1 nd