Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-09-02

two-weeks-old babe. The couple re-
side three miles north of Prescott. /"
| 1t is the fashion now for some of
the newspapers to berate Senator
M. N. Johnson because he stuck
by tie republican party in the re-
cent tariff legislation at Washing
| ton. Senator johnson knew, as ev-
erybody else who keeps posted on
tariff legislation knows. that there
must be give and take in all legisla-
ton looking to the raising of reve-
nue. with which to pay the expenses
of the nation. Notwithstanding the
Misrepresentation of section of
the press, the fact is that the new
tariff makes considerable reduc-
ton in the duties on many of the
necessaries of life, and is satisfacto-
ry to the president Of the nation,
which could not be said of the Will
son bill passed by a democratic con-
gress during the administration of
President Cleveland, which the then
president allowed to become law
without his signature, and de-
nounced as an outrage on the Ameri-
can people The critics of our SEN
ators. while denouncing the revenue
figures fixed by the new tariff, do
not condescend to tell US how the
money with which to run this big
country is to be raised unless there
is a considerable tariff duty on inn
lports. This is mammoth institu-
tion this u. S. A. and it takes
considerable sum of money to con-
duct its affairs. Have the critics
any suggestions to make as to what
shall take it's place if most of the
tariff revenue is to be cut off?
Would they be better satisfied by
the Inauguration of a system of
direct taxation? The fact is that
practically every congressman had
an ak to grind for his section; and,
whether he was republican or
democrat. he had no enthusiasm for
reduction if it applied to the things
produced in his state or district.
James j. Hill predicts that within
five years America will not be
wheat-eNporting nation: that every
bushel will be required by our own
consumers. When that day shall
have been reached, it will certainly
be a satisfactory condition for the
farmers of our state that their pro-
duce has its present stiff duty.
Tariffs are not affairs of annual
making, the Dingley law having
stood for eleven years. Senators
McCumber and johnson knew that
there wasn't a ghost of chance for
the letting down of the bars as to
the lumber schedule, for the reason
that the democrats from the lum-
ber-producing regions of the south
Joined with the east and the Pacific
coast whenever the subject of free
lumber was under consideration.
1t would be we'll for Senator John
sons critics to remember the free
silver episode. When this state was
running wild over the free and UNI
limited coinage" of the white metal.
the voice of the Nelson county man
rang out clearly in favor of honest |
money. And he made good. He
has a plentiful supply of healthy
Morse blood in his veins; and, if |
we mistake not, the muckrakers of |
North Dakota will have the time of |
their lives in their attempt to get
the political scalps of johnson and
McCumbcr- And they will fall for
the rank and file of the republican
party of this state are not yet ready |
to turn over the state entirely to a
crowd of assistant democrats who
abuse and misrepresent the senator's
who have gained a prominent place
in the national legislature simply
because the muckrakers want the
positions for some of their leaders
who have done nothing for years
but stab the republican party in the
back.