The Daily Missoulian., 1909-07-11
WASHINGTON NEWS
THE MIssoULlAN's SPECIAL SERVICE.

would like to see all the flour and
meat and every other necessary Of life
of American production. Talking fur
ther along this line Senator Garter
said:
There Is more in that than senti-
ment, because it the contingency or
war or strife Ct international difficulty
that nation is in the strongest ilnagin-
able position, which can with the least
possible Inconvenience sustain itself
indefinitely within it's own boundaries.
Our friends across The water, the
Great British Empire, the majestic
power that has dominated this earth
for a long time is compelled to keep
a channel fleet moving continuously
about the islands, and ever in such a
state Of preparedness as to resist at
tack at amy time, Why? Because III
the food supplies were cut off from
the islands for 80 days every living
thing upon the islands would be dead;
Hence the necessity of Dreadnuughts,
of masterful naval power, for III tho
absence Of this power of defense, hui
initiating conditions would follow in
the event of aggressive warfare on the
part of amy other nation We are SO
situated geographically, cushioned By
a great ocean on the west and another
on the east With friendly states north
and SOUTH Il variety of climate and
soil, enabling us to produce everything
that is necessary for the support sand
comfort of life that it seems tossme
enlightened public policy requires
that we should at all times direct olir
legislation in such course as will en-
courage the development of tho conn.
mercal and industrial Independence
nt the people, He would have the
country SO thoroughly capable of pros
ducng the necessities and comforts OF
life that If our whole naval armament
Were swept from the sea and imports
kept from our harbors, we could still
live indefinitely, and live in comfort"
Mr. Garter said he would rather
have that position of preparedness
than to have a thousand battleslips
floating the seal for the reason that it
lead to perpetual peace and repuse
and the development of Il high civili-
cation, While the other lead to eXter-
nal expense, suspicion, strife and
groaning taxpayers, laboring under
burdens they ought not TO bear i'll this
Goth century.
The Montana senator said the price
of tea would not be raised to the
consumer farthing, 1t would perhaps
Increase the price charged by the i'm
porter and wholesaler, but the distrib-
uting agencies he said, "have at
tached unconscionable additions that
n II
continued by saving that the price of
tea had run SO high and the quality
SO low in this country that the Amer
icon people consume less tea per cap
ita than any other people, the amount
being a pound a person, against six
pounds "a person in England. In Eng
land. where tea is taxed II and Il
cents a pound, the people buy the tea
cheaper in the retail markets than
they do In this country The effect OF
the American duty on tea would be to
exclude all the refuse trash of the tea
markets of the world, which is shipped
here under the name of "tea," He
said it Was a fact pretty generally
conceded that the United States was
"a dumping ground for all the dis
carded offal of the tea markets of
Ghristendom." And heathendon," in
teriecttd Senator Tillman, 70 which
Senator Garter smilingly assented. MIR.
Carter asserted that this country pays
more for tea than amy other country,
and gets the poorest tea. IT." he
said, 1T is possible for as not only to
improve the quality of tea but en-
courage the production Of tea at home,
without addition to the cost to the
consumer, We ought to do it, In ad-
dition. he said, it would produce about
ten million dollars of revenue annUl-
ally.
The United States" continued Mr.
Carter, lis the great theater in which
the American standard of labor is To
operate aed Whatever we can attt-
eeastnllF stoM ought tu be the sab
iect of very keen solieltude uf con-