The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-09-03

anu Oh NOnleOefdcN are
largely responsible for the
change of setiment as between
the North and South.
The hostility of the North
against the South is fast becom
ing a thing of the past" said the
speaker, "and in evidence of
it we neen merely to point to the
magnificent statue of General
Lee which now adorns the great
Statuary Hall in Washington, by
the burial of Confederate veter-
an soldiers at Arlington and by
the reunions of both the Blue
and Gray in both North and
South. Indeed, it is no uncom,
mon sight at these reunions to
see the Blue and Grey in their
uniforms chatting and eating to-
gether thus showing that all
feeling of enmity has passed
away" The speaker became
very tender in some of his trib-
utes to the grand old soldiers"
who had helped to make this
country as great as it is and
whose memory would be forever
engraved upon the minds of the
world irrespective of political
beliefs and social affiliations.
The speaker then dwelt at
length upon the marvellous devel-
opment of the Panhandle, the
necessity for normal school on
the Plains on account of the
excellent climate and resources
and its rapid development, the
necessity for the naturalization
of the Palo Duro canyon into a
park. He also spoke of the nee
essity of training the young men
of the south in industrial schools
so that they might become their
own engineers, run their own
factories and teach the southern
people how to manufacture every
thing possible at home thus
bringing the factory to the farm
er and build up our own states
instead of paying tribute to the
factories and rich of New Eng
land.
In discussing the tariff meas
ureS in Congress Mr.. Stephens
stated that the new law is near
ly two per cent higher than the
old Dingley bill with a provision
that will raise it twenty-five per
cent higher on the first of April
next year. The new bill clearly
diScriminateS against the South
by putting cotton bagging on the
high tariff list and binding twine
for small grain on the free list
as no bagging is used in the
northern states while twine is
used a great deal more there
than in the south where the
principal product is cotton. Also
by putting hides on the free list
and taxing wool products very
highly and by changing many of
the tariff schedules from the ad
valorem duty to specific duty
so that yard of cloth of a low
or shoddy grade worn by the
poor people will pay as much
duty as the highest priced yard
of cloth worn by the rich, the
poorly made, cheap, brogan shoe
as much as the highest priced
show worn by the rich, continu-
ing reciting various items of like
nature which tended toward the
interests of the big rich of the
north and against the poor and
working man who inhabit the
Southern portion of the country.
The remedy for the trust ini-
guilty is to put all articles on the
free list that find their basis in
a trust as was done in putting
coal on the free list several years
ago which resulted in forcing
down the price of coal within
sixty days of from three to five
dollars per ton. This is the
doctrine of the Democratic par
ty and it is the Democratic
remedy.
Lumber and wood pulp are in
the hands of the trusts and !
should, under this many-times /
announced Democratic doctrine,
be put on the free list as de- |